"Lesee. The best place to start would be just after I left sifu's service. Having served him well, I had a great deal of money given to me, and decided that I had enough of battle for a lifetime. So I took my leave, and went and purchased a little island."<br/><br/>The Slayer chews on the fish for a bit. "It was technically Coral land, but almost everything there was poor. Poor soil, poor fishing. I had it for a song."<br/><br/>He waits, and if not interrupted continues. "So, I take a little time, use some thaumaturgy that I've long since forgotten, and make it into an ok-ish place. It's about this time that I kinda get lonely for interaction with people, and so I go take my little boat, and go to actual Coral land."<br/><br/>Galus pulls out a ring with a prayer to Venus engrave on the inside, letting Azure look at it. "So, after I got far too much food buying and talking done, I wander around for a bit, and see this tall, beauteous woman. She's arguing with an older man, father I'd presumed."<br/><br/>He half mimes the argument. "I didn't really bother to find out then what it was about, at least not then, but after she was disowned and cast out the old man just went and said, no shouted 'I hope you at least have the dignity to starve!' That just set me off, so I marched up to the priest that her father had brought there. Dump a handful of coins in the priest's hand, and give a bald lie to him."<br/><br/>Galus imitates what is probably his younger voice. Far, far younger. " 'I had admired this woman from afar,' I said, 'and had planned on giving this to her family as dowry'." He coughs. "Ok, enough of that. After that, I gave her the option of a ride to... well, just about any other island. She stays with me, and then a kid later, a young woman catches her eye, and... well."