The three elders stayed silent at the time as Tehr began his talk, listening in quietly with Phoebe writing short notes on a few things along the way, the three of them watching and listening him through the explanation. The matron stayed quiet, while Jesanie and Marie seemed curious at the time but held their tongues as the others did. Nonetheless, by the raised eyebrows and changing expressions along the way it was apparent they thought of what he'd already achieved and were at least impressed, if not more. Smiling and nodding along at the time, they took up the contract he had set down, or Daria did to be more precise though it went through all three elders hands, even as they listend on about the rest of the talk.<br/><br/>As he came to the end of his talk on the topic and changed over to the matter of the arrangement between their house and his, a topic that got their attention right away. Hearing him out, the three elders shared a glance between them before looking over at him and seeming to elect Phoebe as a speaker amongst them, the two others holding quiet at the time.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Any child that would be born of the arrangement would be treated as a treasure, daughter or son they would be raised in a loving environment and provided for, as well as disciplined as necessary. We are of the old line of thought that some discipline is necessary to straighten out the tempers in a person, but that a hand too harsh will only suppress both the enjoyment of life and the spark of talents from a child. We would allow you to choose how close you would wish to remain with the child, whether a regular visitor or a distant father figure, that would be your call. You see that only two of the three sisters are along, that is because the third of the sisters had politely but firmly declined taking part in this, while the other two are willing, at leat at the time, to consider this and hold you in high regard."</strong></em>Phoebe paused here, and let out a short breath.<br/><br/><em><strong>"We have a reputation, and it makes it hard to trust us with a male child I take it? Yet you've been to the House and seen one of the young men raised in our Household. Unfortunately the example given was one raised far from the local matriarch, by a branch family member, who took too lenient hand. I am not saying a child needs to be treated harshly but the boy in question is spoiled to the point of arrogance. Something we wish to avoid. Boy or girl, a child in our house is cherished, but we have traditionally been demonized for elevating people of the feminine side in a society that holds strong patriarchal tendencies. Physically, there is still some sense that men are stronger than women in some ways, but mentally and magically, things are far more even ground, and even physically it comes down to the length of how far are you willing to go. We have as a house sought to push ourselves to the limits and beyond them."</strong></em>She smirked faintly and nodded towards Natalia.<em><strong>"Our sister Natalia here has fought against whole bands of assassins and emerged victorious and triumphant at the end, with bloodied hands and enough scratches and cuts to fell lesser men and women. Daria has played her part in politics that would leave a fair number of 'noble ladies' blushing and fainting, and as a member of faithful she has shown herself devout and true to her path, until she found something more calling her back to our House. Myself, my achievements have helped raise our House and its standing, but I have often had to keep on the move, leaving much to the Matrons along the countryside."</strong></em>She halted again, looking at Tehr seriously.<br/><br/><em><strong>"I would like to ask if any of our house have ever given you a reason to suspect the whispers and accusations towards our house are true? It is certainly true we have dispose of people who would seek to harm our house in the past, but no more than some other houses of aristocracy."</strong></em>After saying this, Phoebe turned her full attention to the contract for a while, while Natalia pointed out at a few points in there that Phoebe checked over, looking over at Tehr and then back at the papers. It seemed they were considering both it and the second matter of their arrangement quite seriously, but some things in the contract would probably need to be talked over and negotiated in the longer run.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc, on Colours</div><div class="spoiler_body">A quick question, I recall you asking me to not use some particular colour again if I could avoid it. With the scene here I've crammed a few colors up together including yellow that I know shows well in the black &amp; blue background option but then recalled you may be using the regular normal view and wincing... is there a choice of colour you want me to avoid entirely or is it fine as it is? I recall there was one  you'd rather I did without... possibly orange... mainly because it was hard to read ?<br/><br/>I had more in mind for the scene but again stopped to not rush too far.</div></div>