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It hadn't gone unnoticed to Eljay that Teya had spent a lot of time with Reyes. He was happy that Reyes had found a home here, and sort of happy that he hadn't returned home to the Caldera; while it was unfathomable to Eljay to be away from his children, for whatever sake, it wasn't hard to see that it was better for Reyes at least to be here rather than at the Caldera. It seemed to do Teya well to be around him, too. Eljay was not entirely sure what was going on, but it wasn't really any of his business. Teya knew that if she needed to talk, he would listen; until she sought him out for such things, he would simply observe and not draw any conclusions or judge.

She sought him out that day, but not for the reasons that he'd wrapped his mind around. He was thrown back to a conversation they'd had before, months ago when he was much more tired. Oh, he said, blinking thoughtfully. Yeah. I think that'd be nice. Eljay smiled softly at Teya. Thanks. I'd almost forgotten about it with how busy it'd been. Life had settled down somewhat; Diantha was still rebellious, but Roswell and Jasmine (despite getting lost) were doing okay, and so were Hymnal and Sylvie, despite growing up in the chaos of the three adoptive children in the den. Now might be as good a time as any for him and Maia to take a trip.