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It was oddly easy to ignore Ajaw's ranting beside her when Mydei had questioned her like he had - Especially when her answer was pure laughter, casting a glance to the 'dragonlord' before refocusing her attention on the taller. There was something amazing to her about hearing someone else call Ajaw a 'thing' that there was no wiping the wide grin off her lips now! "Unfortunately, you're right. But I thought you might enjoy the 'challenge' of meeting a real dragonlord of Natlan's history."

More like she'd brought Ajaw along to finally shut him up, and Mydei was her 'tool of choice' to make that happen! She'd gone months listening to his complaining and scheming and lies, most of them designed to force her mate away from her, and she'd had enough - If he wanted to know more about her 'big, hot ex', she was more than happy to provide as much... But Ral wasn't so stupid as to assume just a glance was all it would take, either.

Oh no. Ajaw wanted to put his nose into the immortal's business, and she was all too excited to introduce the two properly, giving the glorified, flatened lizard's tail a tug in hopes of quieting his complaints, if not silencing them outright. "What's wrong? You've been talking endlessly about Mydeimos, ever since I told Kin about that letter I sent him before - Is he not everything you dreamd of, Ajaw? This married man who could easily make you flatter than you already are? Who already knows you're just a flat disk of hot air and nothing more?"

Could Ajaw switch into his bigger dragon form without Kinich nearby? Ral wasn't sure, and while a part of her was eager to find out, she knew it wouldn't be a problem. Both she and Mydei had beaten bigger and more terrifying beings in their countless millions of years of life; poking and prodding Ajaw into trying something wouldn't be a problem, especially with the two of them combined against him.

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He was... Blunt, wasn't he? His tone wasn't harsh, but it was most certainly blunt, as if he were talking to a work colleague he'd just met a week prior and not seen since. As far as Sera was concerned, though, that was more than a fair reaction; in the jumbled mess of spotty memories, she could still see him as a young boy, eagerly wandering around after his parents whenever he visited her temple, yet no matter how much she tried, nothing came to mind for anything older than him at the age of maybe ten or so. Either those memories simply hadn't awoken, or...

Did she... Just not have any? Had something happened to put distance between them... Or was it just the fact so much time had passed? She wasn't completely clueless, that world had been so long ago and now here stood a very much grown up Mydei; had she just been gone so long, locked up within herself and distanced from her family, that it had put such a... A strain on the two of them?

The thoughts were sparking up a headache she couldn't shake off with a small, slight nod, smile faltering just for a 'blink and you'll miss it' second. She could discuss this all with Thoma and Zack later - For now, all she wanted was to reconnect with her nephew, offered hands falling back down to her sides. "The best I can be, same as you... But that makes me happy, Mydeimos. That you have people in your life like that... You deserve to be surrounded by people who love and support you."

You haven't been, though.

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"I could, but something tells me scolding 'Mydei the yearling' might just get a door slammed in my face. Since when do you accept headpats, though?"

Despite her teases, Ral had figured as much. Halcynians seemed to be waking at an alarming number, and from what she remembered of Aria herself, the Fenix had always been prone to passing out affection and smiles like to not do so would rob her of her ability to breathe. She had always been the most open and welcoming of the elemental birds, and when it came to family, she refused to hold back - Which meant Mydei's claim of being found first made sense, too much so to be a result of their friendship clouding her sense of reason.

Still, while she'd used work as an excuse to come find him, it was far from her reason for the visit, pushing off the doorway she'd propped herself up on to stand straight before him, keeping one hand on her hip as the other dropped down by her side. Lunaria had wanted answers, wanted him questioned and scolded like a child, yet Ral couldn't find in her to bother. Mydei knew just as well as she what was at stake, so what was the point in giving him the runaround with the moon's annoying 'rules'? She'd not seen him in years; they had more important things at hand!

Starting with the Guardian's laugh at being called on her reasoning, her own shoulders shrugging slightly in reply. "Sounds like Ria and Phainon... I'll catch them later, though. I'm sure you've realized I just used work as an excuse to see you." Point blank, blunt, and honest - All the hallmarks of their relationship in one sentence. "...Even if I can't say you're wrong, either. Had to get away from the Terrible Twosome for a bit - If it's not Lunaria breathing down my neck, it's been my mate's flat, moldy pancake of a... Kind of dragon. The former wants me to do my job with you? I'm here doing it, even if it's not how she wants it done."

She'd pause there, reaching out to catch her friend's hand for a quick squeeze that lasted for all but a second. "You are looking well. I take it meeting with Aria didn't ruffle too much of the lion's fur? Or... Is it something still on your mind?"