Andras was pleased with his stolen kiss. Ezra was clearly a little ill-practiced at it and he seemed surprised. He didn't protest and Andras made the most of it. He pulled away from Andras' greedy tongue eventually, but only slightly, to ask if this was okay. Andras buried his hands in a sea of curls, gentle, yet if Ezra were his pet he wouldn't have been able to stop himself from jerked his head back.<br/><br/>“I am family, and Reis and I are very close. Of course, this would be allowed. It was only a small taste of wine, of course. Hardly inappropriate at all.” Andras' words were confident even if it wasn't all truth. “You enjoyed it, didn't you? I see no reason that Reis should deny you pleasures if he's not going to expose things to you.” It wasn't clear now if Andras was talking about the kiss or the wine. Intentional. “He sent you to keep me company anyway.” He finished the wine, leaning back, relaxed.<br/><br/>“Reis will never appreciate you,” he said, sighing heavily, words spoken partly to himself. He believed that and felt it was a shame, really. A true waste of a beautiful thing. Reis was stubborn and not likely to sell. He even kept his vile and dangerous pets. All he could hope was that Ezra continued to push his cousin out of his comfort zone that he possibly might decide he was better off somewhere else. That or he could take the chance to sample him when Reis wasn't paying his pet any attention. It seemed cruel not to. He didn't push it anymore that night knowing that they could be caught and eventually Reis did show up to retrieve them. He was frowning, looking weary and tired as he usually did.<br/><br/>“Horvath is confused and I think he trusts me even less now,” Reis informed, looking to the two of them sitting on the bench. Andras looking to Reis with a raise of his brow.<br/><br/>“And what did you do to him?”<br/><br/>Reis pressed fingers to the bridge of his nose.<br/><br/>“I gave him freedom and a paid position in my household, same as Ita and Yhet. He doesn't understand,” he explained.<br/><br/>“Of course. He's old and dumb. You shouldn't have changed things on him. I'm sure he would have been perfectly content working his last few years out in a field somewhere. Put him in the back and leave him be. Get another pretty little thing like the girl of yours if you need another member of staff,” Andras instructed.<br/><br/>“Ita,” Reis said again, looking slightly annoyed. “I need to do some enclosure maintenance. Come, Ezra. I want to see what creatures you're familiar with-” In Tulao, he almost said. He motioned him forward, deciding he'd probably had enough time outside, and with Andras. It was a good way himself to excuse himself from his exhausting cousin. He was weary and uninterested in most of Reis' other pets.<br/><br/>Reis led Ezra to the closed off section of his estate that was meant to hold in humidity for some of his exotic reptiles and birds. They were all housed in various containers, all meant to meet their specific needs, and all made for unintrusive observation.<br/><br/>“I don't know what species live in Tuloa, but I am curious what you're familiar with.” He pointed out the venomous indigo snake that had no reason to hide before moving on to geckos that were perfectly camouflaged. A large crimson parrot was sitting loose on a perch, watching inquisitively. “Are there things there that are dangerous? Tomorrow you can come out with me when I fly some of the birds of prey and that parrot there. The hawks are pretty adept at catching the vermin in the garden.”