Dragoncrest Cliffs let me tell you that I saw your boyfriend walking down the road

lafayette caught that same expression on manman's face and shrank into himself, even as she embraced him and silently questioned sobeille. this was not his inquisition—but one all the same. 

a hapless boy, caught between feminine rage. 

not the last time he would find himself in such a predicament.

who's ajei? he piped up, and regretted it immediately. it wasn't his place to ask, or even in which to dwell. sorry, manman, lafayette murmured, and stepped back to her rear flank, letting her take the lead. 

what came next would be a scene to which he'd only play spectator.