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Kai just laughed in response.

"Oh, relax, Callie." he said.

"There's been nothing on that since... well... since you moved here." he told her as the server she flagged down started to approach. "I'm pretty sure you're safe for the long-haul." he finished.

He then shut up at the server got into conversing range.

He knew this was something that other people should not be privy to, so he kept his trap shut in case the servers ears told tales.

"Yes?" the 30-something year-old male asked.

"Is there anything more you'd like?"

He nodded in response.

"Sure thing." he said.

He then sighed quietly, and looked at her, gazing into her ice blue eyes.

"I'm glad I got to spend your birthday with you." he told her. "It's been a while since we're even talked to each other." he commented. "I was beginning to wonder if we were just going to drift apart." he went on, sighing again, but this time a bit more... somber.

"I miss you, you know." he said.

"Just... it gets lonely when I can't really..." he continued, but stopped himself.

"No. Such depressing talk is not fit for a joyous occasion such as this." he reasoned.

"Shall we be off?" he asked, pausing for a moment.

"....your highness?" he added at the end with a VERY slight smirk.

The young man just smiled as he reached over and grabbed the drink that was in front of him. He was 19, of legal age to drink alcohol... but he didn't have proper I.D. for that, for.... various reasons. But that didn't stop him from enjoying the non-alcoholic version of a long-island iced tea. He loved the taste of it, and it was his 4th that he slammed back, before letting out a refreshed and satisfied breath.

He then looked at the one sitting across from him, and smirked.

"What?" he asked. "I know it's your birthday and all, but I can't help it." he told her. "After all, can't get these back home, and I have yet to find a way to recreate or emulate them." he reasoned.

He then chuckled as he moved one of his bangs away from his face, revealing the light-blue eye it'd been hiding. It matched his other eye, as well as the streak of blue in the sea of blonde that was his hair.

"But for real, though. Happy Birthday again." he told her.

"I tell you, you really know how to pick a place to enjoy one." he went on, before looking around and noticing that a lot of the people were starting to get a smidgen more rowdy, as the local sports team's game was starting up on the various televisions that surrounded them.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"You want to stick around for dessert?" he asked her.

"Or want to head out before things start to get... well... louder." he added.

Julien shook his head.

"Kaia needs to know she isn't evil, she isn't bad, what she can do isn't evil or bad, just... we need to tell her that she needs to exercise caution with that, lest someone get hurt." he said.

"And thank you. I'm going to need all the luck I can find." he then sighed.

"But I WILL find her." he vowed.

"And I will plead, if I have to, for her assistance." he went on.

"...and I'll need to come back every so often to show the girls that I'm not permanently gone."

"Quick, huh?" Julien asked.

"All right." he said.

"She doesn't have the Fyrane mana, exactly." he told her.

"She doesn't have the Wolfe mana, exactly." he said further.

"She has BOTH." he informed her. "Which is to say, the netting that I can create, and the rune that the Fyranes can create have... melded... combined... into a hybrid for Kaia." he went on.

He then proceeded to explain what had happened when he discovered it, how he'd found out, how Kiah had reacted, what Kaia had told him, and what she had been doing to the squirrel.

"So... been waiting for you to come back so we can both talk to our daughters as to why I'll be away for periods at a time." he told her.

"Because we need serious knowledge about the Fyrane rune to help her with with... and only Rowena can do that right now."

"Yeah, well, had a hard time sleeping lately. Lotta things going through my mind." Julien responded. "Kinda stressed waiting for you to return." he went on, pausing for a moment.

"...Demitra, we need to talk." he then said.

"About Kaia." he went on.

"Now, don't worry, she's safe, nothing's happened to her." he then assured her, but then paused again.

"...er... well... something HAS happened, but..." he started to clarify, before heaving a heavy sigh.

"Her mana's taken a new developmental turn... a rather... interesting one."

She made her way to the water, and in the light of the full moon, proceeded to derobe herself... when she suddenly became acutely aware that she was NOT alone there.

However, before she could rightly react, or proceed to take a reactionary response, a voice spoke.

One that washed away ALL her alertness.

"Good evening." Julien said from the water.

"Welcome home." he greeted her.

"Took a while to get that information, huh?" he asked.

"You as well, Racquel." Julien responded.

He then made his way to the room that he and Demitra shared, stopping along the way and peering into the girls' room, where he saw the two of them sound asleep in their beds.

He smiled at them wistfully, before sighing quietly.

"Sleep well, angels." he whispered, making his way to his room and laying down on the bed.

"Demitra... come home soon."

Julien sighed again, but nodded.

"Yeah, you're right." he said.

"I should stop overthinking everything and get some rest." he agreed.

He then stood up and stretched his arms out, yawning deeply.

"Well, good night, Racquel." he said to her.

"...odds are one of us will not be waking up alone tonight." he commented.

"You know as well as I do that at least one of the girls will make their way to you or me before morning."

"We really can't." Julien agreed.

He then sat down in a nearby chair, and shook his head again.

"Fate is... strange." he mumbled.

"If you believe in fate, that is." he then said.

"I'm not sure if I do or not." he admitted.

"...but... everything that's happened in my recent life... it can't be just quirks and coincidence and luck, can it?" he wondered aloud.

"Ah, good." Julien responded.

"Those are... generally quicker, and a lot safer." he reasoned.

"Here's hoping it's on the 'sooner' side of a day or two." he went on.

"...." he was then silent, and looked to the direction of the girls' room.

"...it's a frightening hybrid." he commented.

"It never occurred to me that this could happen." he went on.

"I'd always assumed it'd be one or the other."

"I will." Julien responded.

"I promise." he said.

He then thought for a moment, before listing off a couple of things that Racquel could help with, before sighing.

"Really, I need Demitra to return." he finished.

"She needs to be here before I leave." he continued.

"That's... that's really the main thing." he said further, sighing again.

"But there's nothing for that, but to... just... wait for her."

Julien returned the hug, and sighed when she made her last statement.

"...I don't think so, either." he said.

"But I am determined." he told her.

"I WILL find her." he swore.

"...and then hopefully convince her to help us." he added.

"If she is adamant about not wanting to... there's little I can do to force the issue." he lamented.

"We'll just have to hope she'll be willing." he finished, shaking his head slightly.

He looked into her eyes for a moment, was silent, and then smiled and nodded.

"Yeah." he said.

"I know that." he told her. "Now." he added.

"Thanks to you and Demitra."' he said further.

"You both gave me a new lease on life." he continued. "And the girls just further strengthen it." he went on.

"I have so much to live for right now." he told her.

"...and that is why I will find Rowena. To help protect what gives me the will to live."