He snorted, before nodding. "I know that, but you are a good starting point on that road. Or at least, that is what I am hoping. If nothing else, your will make facing their questions easier. But I wanted them to grow up without having to deal with the damn politics of my station. Everything I do has to be analyzed against what everyone else is thinking. It is like facing a colony of giant spiders, but no matter how you try to deal with it, the best result is all of them rushing you. But yeah, another excuse. Besides, they can hear, they aren't deaf, and just outside the door."<br/><br/>He sighed, before chortling softly in amusement as one of them muttered something uncomplimentary about him, Verselin if he had to guess, before he nodded to himself. A moment of fishing around in his pouch, he pulled out an amulet, and offered it to her. "That allows you to talk to me, whenever and whatever else I might be doing. I might not answer immediately, politics, wars and whatnot, but I will get back to you. A bit of blood on it, and I will come running with my best at my back, as that is a way to scream for help."<br/><br/>He sighed, before glancing to the side, and snarling softly before standing up. "And while I want to stay longer, something has come up. I will do my best to come back more often, and next time Verselin and Dastudra will get this... opportunity. Maybe take them on a hunt, or something. Let them stab me a few times, probably help their resentment somewhat."