<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"I'm a man and protecting those I love is my main responsibility. We may not know each other well but you're still all the family I have and I want to serve you accordingly."</span>He frowned and looked down.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"Alright. Maybe I can... visit the village again. A warm drink? I guess that sounds nice." </span>He looked at his headless drake that had given up and was sitting down with its back to them. Even headless it was clear the skeletal beast was pouting.<span style="color: #ff4d4d"> "She'll be fine, I can probably find her a new head later."</span><br/><br/>Nyarien had her head in one of the cupboards and she seemed to be looking for something.<span style="color: #b30000">"Why do you think Jasmine likes him? He said he had his eyes on her, not that they were in a relationship. He's probably just trying to court her by being nice. She won't keep him around, she never keeps anyone. Food is food, my dear. I've never been a picky eater and I won't start with your cooking. If it's bad we have a Ras at our disposal to make it taste better."</span><br/><br/>Ras smiled sweetly at Jasmine and nodded. "Yeah, Leena and Nyarien are here. And if you make them wait to eat I'll do something terrible to you as punishment. So terrible I dare not even speak it." He kissed her forehead and scooped her up. "Alright, come on my beautiful Elf. Let's get you some yummy food." He carried her down stairs and hummed softly the whole way. When they got to the dining room he sat her down in her seat and sat down beside her.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>