"Then ask me, I'll answer any question you have for me just as I know you'd answer any I had for you. I've never wanted to hurt you Ibara, you know that, I'm just really good at making big mistakes when I try my best not to." Ras had his eyes closed and held her all the tighter. "You and Nalo will work something out, you can be the face of the temple while she handles the internal stuff while Shauna and the rest of the priestesses can keep doing what they're doing." After a moment of silence he sat up but let Ibara stay laying down. "Sharindia lied to me. She takes me for a fool but she helped my family so I've humored her." He reinforced the barrier around their hideout and sighed. "She showed me all these wonderful scenes of the son we had grown up, that I'd be proud to call him my son. Unless something drastic changes in my life real soon I'll be dead in four years and forgotten in five. And I don't mean lose my body and become a spirit, I'll fade away and stop existing all together. Jenjayah caught on to it the other night, but she doesn't know the extent of the damage. I want to make things right with those I've hurt before I go, and I need the most time with you."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>