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for purely selfish reasons, arcturus hoped phox and wraen were related. family often meant a different kind of competition, one that phox wouldn't compete with arcturus in. he had confided this to no one, but anyone paying attention probably could assemble the clues and figure out that the ostrega was, for a lack of better words, uniquely devoted to the sovereign.

he agreed with phox's assessment of wraen's character: perhaps the thing arcturus adored the most about wraen was how worldly she seemed, where he seemed like a fumbling idiot. he did not want to appear gushing, so he simply nodded through phox's estimation. "yes. a breath of fresh air." he ascertained, particularly after moonspear. "i did not realize how convoluted things at home were, until i came here."