Lion Head Mesa save the last dance [wp]

Aquene missed Kallik, though she knew that the mission Germanicus had sent him on was too important for her to selfishly demand that Germanicus send someone else. He had thought Kallik best suited for the job, and that was that… Aquene did her best to manage the children as well as her newfound duties in his absence, though there wasn’t a night that went by where she didn’t wish for his immediate return.
 
“I think I might… but such endeavors will certainly wait until Kallik has returned from his assignment.” She offered up with a measure of finality leveling in her tone. She had little doubt he might gripe, but learning to dance would help them both at formal occasions such as this.
 
He brought up tallow and she smiled, nodding in response to his statement. “He was a wise healer, just as you have told me… that is the remedy I usually resort to, though admittedly on occasion I find it best to not offer aide… there are lessons to be learned in such an awful feeling.” She offered up with a hint of amusement. Sometimes, only harsher lessons could train someone out of a bad behavior.
 
“I cannot imagine. I have not dined myself; like you, I prefer to remain alert in such an area… but I appreciate that at least part of Mereo’s delegation is letting themselves loose a bit. I would hate for us to develop a reputation as sticks in the mud when we clearly have such flamboyant personalities mixed in.”