(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/86/Ethan.jpg)<br/>Ethan bit his lip and sat quietly on his pillow. Master Tai was disappointed in him, and Ethan always hated that. He didn't regret what he'd done.  He'd needed out, away, or things would have been much worse.<br/><br/>Sumi (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2a/Sumi.jpg) was shaking as she slowly stood as commanded. She pulled herself to her full height, taller than Midori but still short, but kept her eyes lowered in respect. She waited patiently, nervously, for her next orders.<br/><br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Midori.jpg)<br/>Midori caught the odd inflection in Shun Tai's voice, and the reaction it caused in Ethan. She wondered what the exchange meant, but put that to the back of her mind until later. She smiled softly at the nervous Sumi, then bowed again to her betrothed. "I thank you much for the gift, Shun Tai," she told him. "If you will excuse me, I believe I will change out of my traveling clothes and into something more appropriate to a celebration of peace."