<span style="color: #ff0000">"I was the one who introduced the boy to Ibara when he showed up. She showed no signs of interest in him and didn't seem to care at all that he left and certainly had no interest in spending time with him. I will let him know that she wants him back, because I don't think he knows he's welcome here."</span><br/><br/>Ras motioned to the empty seat next to him and poured her a glass of wine from the bottle he had made for her<span style="color: #336600">. "I should have stayed then... I could have kept the Eternal away and kept that vile machine from running its mouth. I apologize for letting you down again. Hopefully next year things will have settled down between all of the Timelost, the Eternals invading, and just your life in general so you don't need to go through such drastic measures."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>