Tales of the Jewel

/scene!

Aydi, sadly, didn't get it.

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Aydi didn't comment but sat near and tried to make something of what his father was actually doing. Was he developing an improved way to utilise the Seal for dealing with minds? If Aydi were vindictive - or younger - he could think that it's his own mind that his father needs to do some dealing with...

"I do." Aydi nodded simply. "Dealing with family is never easy." There were lingering questions but Aydi was not one to pry about feigned deaths of his friends. Faruq might open up at some point without being solicited. "It means at least this concludes our business for the day. I am glad for you, r...

"Is the matter finished, rafiq? We haven't found your sister yet." Aydi tapped his chin thoughtfully.

"Oh, we'll scope it out in depth."

/FtB indeed!

"I think I have what it takes to pin you down on my own." He put his hand on the small of her back and showed direction to the kind of place she meant...

"I am sure there's a lot about you that requires very close scrutiny. Please follow me, lella. Or shall I tie your hands here and now?"

"At your pleasure and leisure, lella." He bit his lip slightly.

Aydi's heart skipped a beat, and for a moment anger flared in him over his father's recklessness. Before he said anything, however, he reflected on the inability of one person to live the life of another, no matter how closely bound. And one thing was certain; Ayfat's mind could hardly be changed on...