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After getting the twins settled into their room, making sure the windows and doors were locked and the curtains drawn, he gave them instructions to come to their room if they needed anything. After that he headed to the room that he'd be sharing with the Sprite, checking on the door that was between the two rooms, before he settled down at the small desk the room provided. Digging into the pouch at his side he took out a ledger, taking down the fee that he'd paid tonight along with the tribute, then set to doing all of the math involved. He was still well into the black, he wasn't worried about that, but he was more worried about the actual relationship between himself and the guild going forward. He wouldn't know how things were going to pan out there, just as he didn't know how things would pan out with his family.

He lifted his eyes for a moment from his work to look at Phaedra, then down again. At this point he really wasn't sure what to do or say, not wanting to upset her going forward. Not when he wasn't sure if saying anything more then had been said by Hestian would make her even more upset then she already was. Things were rocky between them and he was worried going forward on many fronts and with many parties. Things like things were really complicated, huh?

After turning toward the middle of the book he gave the list of materials that he had to work with a scan. He'd need to set to work making new pieces to sell, those that would look fancy and would draw in his best customers. He needed to prepare for a tribe to Matori after all so that he could get things flowing and see about finding people there that wanted to join up. He needed various contacts to make things work... and if he could find someone willing to take on someone like Hestian as a husband he felt that might get him back into the good graces of his boss. Now if only dealing with his Sprite was as easy as all of that...

After a time Bushi tucked his ledger back into his pocket before he turned his attention back to Phaedra once more. He studied her closely before he finally said, "I think that you should pack up and head to Awat ahead of me with the children and an escort. I want to make sure that you get back there safely while I get some work wrapped up." He would see about finding someone good, someone well trained, that could bring them back to Awat. He didn't really think anything would happen but he felt that would likely put Phaedra more at ease if they were had a guard for the twins. He knew that it would make him feel better too.

Pushing to his feet he moved to the window, looking out of it, and gave a back and forth from the window. He couldn't see anything suspicious so he felt as though it had gone well with the boss, considering. He turned around to look over at Phaedra again and said, "I should be behind you by a day or so. I just want to see about doing some sales that will help make for the coin spent tonight. There is nothing to worry about, still doing fine." He just hated dropping that much in one go when he wasn't spoiling one member of his family or another. He'd much rather buy things for his Sprite or the twins, but anything else... it could be tough.

In this situation though it had to be done, to make sure the boss was kept happy and everything continued to run smoothly.

Bushi starred at his sprite as she tossed a pillow at him, allowing it to hit him before he caught it, and held it tightly in his large hands for the time being, "I think that you would do so because it would mean the lot of you getting to hang out in Awat for a while where it's calm and without having to worry." The place was calm to the point of being boring, which was good for the family after everything that they'd had to deal with in the passed few days.

"Come now, they wouldn't think that." He said, then gave her a long look, finding himself wondering if that was even something she'd considered. A thought that he didn't voice because he was afraid of what the answer might be. Instead he found himself starring at her, wanting to insist that she take them and go on ahead. It would be best to get the children back to Awat since he was sure they would be happier there and not have to worry about what was going on.

As his sprite suddenly demanded information from him he gave a bit of a sighing sound, "I'm certain you won't be pleased to hear... though not for the reasons that you're expecting." He said, tossing the first pillow onto the bed that Phaedra had scooped it up off of.

"I should pick you up bodily and send you on your way to Awat... but I will refrain, Sprite." As tempting as it was he had a feeling that if he didn't tie her up and toss her in the back of a wagon that she wouldn't go back to Awat even if he tried to force her to do so. She was beyond stubborn in that way he thought to himself, lifting a hand to scratch at his beard as the studied the none to pleased Leaf Tribeswoman that stood before him.

Giving a nod he said in a hushed tone, mostly to himself, "So I find it safe to assume." Shaking his head he said, "I am just thinking on something specific that you would likely be upset about... more upset about. That being the... ahh... timeline of it all." Drawing in a deep breath he held it, counting backwards for a time, before letting it out slowly. She wasn't likely to be pleased to learn that he'd been in the business not only since they had been together but long before it as well.

Blowing a breath through his bangs he said, "You see... I keep saying to both you and Dovian when he asked that things are... complicated. I've been working for Hestian for a while you see... since I was younger then Dovian and Shura in fact." He sort of muttered the last part, as though not wanting to say as much out loud since it would then tell just how long he'd been in the thieving business. It was something that made him feel a bit old just thinking about it. To think he'd been in the business since he was younger then his children. Huh...

Bushi gave a shake of his head, "There is and was no leaving for me. I went from living in an orphanage that a was a bit on the over crowded side to working for Hestian. I thought at the age of prentice that I could take care of myself so as to leave more for the others in the orphanage but it didn't... exactly... work out." He shook his head then said, "That is neither here nor there. After I learned the tricks of the trade I also learned that I am better at what I do now then the normal work of a thief."

He lifted a hand to scratch at his beard again, "I'm good at what I do, both buying and selling, making deals, making things, and I basically just wanted nothing more then to make more and more money. Nothing else mattered until I met you... then I had you, then we had the twins..." Money became even more important because it seemed that children needed a lot of things and really, really wanted other things. A lot of other things in fact, all of which he wanted to spoil them with, even things that didn't make sense like Shura wanting all manner of jewelry despite her being so rough and tumble otherwise.

"It was just a job until Gorvis decided to stage this little coup of his. Now that he's dealt with though I doubt there will be any other issues going forward given my long standing position in the guild."

Giving a shake of his head Bushi said, "There was nothing to gain. Gorvis was a coward and a weakling, he was falling behind in paying his dues, he didn't have many contacts and those he had were leaving him. He wasn't long for the guild so he likely thought if he could take on Dovian or you then I'd be forced to help him going forward."

He hadn't wanted to end things with Gorvis in the way that things had ended but it was just the way of things. The man had a dozen chances to just give up and go home but he'd continued to push and push until there was nothing left to do but to... deal with him. Shaking his head he crossed his arms over his chest before he looked over at his Sprite and said, "We found ourselves at an impasse now... I know that you likely don't want me as I am not and I wouldn't force you to stay with me knowing who and what I really am."

The idea of losing her made his heart ache but it wasn't up to him anymore, was it? If what she wanted was to leave and not look back it was a choice he couldn't very well deny her.

Painful silence seemed to reigned for a long, drawn out time, and Bushi leaned against the wall near the window of the room. It was too long a silence, it was too heavy, and he didn't care for it. He couldn't complain though nor would he even dare to. At the moment he felt that he should only speak when spoken to until he knew where he stood with his Sprite.

Bushi watched as Phaedra approached him, taking in a deep breath, before he seemed to brace himself. He was ready for her to hit him or tell him that she was leaving, certain that nothing good would come of everything that had happened to this point. He'd tried his hardest to keep his job hidden, he didn't want his family to think poorly of him. He'd rather that they had just thought of him as just some lazy, chubby merchant and nothing else. It had worked for a while but it might have been for naught in the end.