Frank smiled and nodded and set to gently stroking Athena's hair.<span style="color: #4da6ff">"maybe i do, but i think you need the affection."</span><br/><br/>Ashia shook her head and squeezed Vyre tightly.<span style="color: #404040">"oh hush, your body is indestructible."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ffff00">"this happened eight hours ago and i am still grieving because of what i was forced to do to The'kal... so, no, i haven't made a universal announcement, i have been busy drinking and being verbally abused by Elerona and her children."</span>she shook her head and frowned.<span style="color: #ffff00">"it's their jobs to judge their own kind by their own standards as members of their parent races... some races are more merciful then others."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>