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The boy flashes him a tired smile and finishes his stew. "Thank you, mes'sirrah. It is a valuable gift. I won't use it ill."

The boy curls up happily and goes to sleep once more. Kero can see a few spots on his arm that are in need of oiling, but other than that he seems to have it pretty much in hand.

**I hope ye got some fantastic plans for the day... have fun, kiddo**

Passura sleeps well into the night, waking only once to gorge himself once more, then collapsing on his own bed, more from habit than anything else.

**expecting him to lead a wild life are ye? blaugh **

The boy snuggles down into the bedding and saws logs for the better part of the morning, waking up only to visit the jakes and oil his skin once more.

The cycle of eat, sleep and eliminate goes on for the better part of a week, then one morning, Passura wakes up with a touch of his old resilience. He wanders out into the kitchen, fully dressed in his new clothes and surprisingly two full inches latter than he had been a week before. He's also put on a little bit of bulk. Not much, he's still quite slender, but he no longer looks undernourished. He sees that no one else is awake yet and begins to make breakfast for everyone.

Passura doesn't know how to answer him as he has only just learned how to make this and doesn't know what it is called. So he tells him it's egg toast... though reality it is french toast. "I don't know what it is really called,mes'sirrah... the Singer made it for me one afternoon... it's fried bread with eggs, honey, cinnamon and milk. I thought you'd like it as it is sweet."

Passura looks at the food he has prepared and sighs. Then he gathers it all together and carries it next door, knocking loudly on the entranceway before he goes in.

"What's wrong, little one?" asks Tam as soon as he sees his face.

Pasa shrugs. "Kero has gone to the void to fight someone called Juiblex. He said I could watch through a gem on his bracelet, but then he left and took it with him. I think he was really really worried. He didn't even eat the breakfast I made him."

Tam sighs and urges the boy to join him by the fire. "Sit here, what have you there? Hmmm... he must have been worried. That was one of his most favorite dishes when he was growing up with me. Tell you what. I haven't eaten yet... the girls were so hungry, I simply brought them here, to feed them and keep warm, so they don't wake their father. Why don't we share this fine meal and you ask me whatever you want.... I bet you have a tone of questions don't you?"

Pasa finds plates for Tam and himself and portions out the food and joins him on the rug by the fire. He looks at the cubs and smiles. "They are growing fast. Look their eyes are opening. Why when they were humans did they have open eyes but not as cubs?"

Tam nibbles at a piece of toast and shrugs. "Human babies.. and I wouldn't call them human, though they certainly look it don't they... anyway... human babies' eyes are always open from birth, but cubs are not. It has something to do with their development... and I'm quite certain that is not the question you really wanted to ask, is it?"

Tam sighs. "Tell me exactly what he told ye so far and then I'll explain."

Passura frowns as he tries to remember Kerobian's exact words. "He got a message from Rhea. She said there was an invasion. Nothing serious but that it was being led by this Juiblex person. Then he said he'd be right there and told me to stay with you and Bez... oh, and he said to get Em... I forgot... I better go get him."

"You do that... right away. He has his reasons. Juibles is a demon... a lower one to be true, but both you and Em are not strong enough on yer own to fight him off if for some odd reason or another he decides to try and pull a fast one on Kero and Rhea. He's a tricky pile of scat... well slime really... no, don't go... I send Bez to fetch him. Shouldn't take too long." He closes his eyes for a bit and concentrates.

A sleepy grumble from the bedroom precedes the dark angel as he stumbles out pulling on a leather harness. He reaches for an odd two bladed weapon and attaches it. "Hope I don't need this. He ain't much, but I really don't want to meet up with him alone...."

Tam chuckles softly. "Ye won't. Juiblex wouldn't show his face here, he'd send an underling if anything. And he may not be able to trace Kero's activities anyway. But I do under stand why he wants us all in one place."

Bez nods and walks out the cave at a fast clip, taking to the air with strong strokes of his storm cloud wings.