Kylar stood there, still slightly dazed by the sudden intrusion of his mind. The mental attack caused a small spree of small vomiting fits, but that wasn't the problem. The problem was what Kylar had just mentioned.

"Aetherius?" Titus asked. "The realm of the Aedra."

Kylar straightened himself out before shaking thoroughly shaking himself down. He moved over to the centre of the dormant portal, placing his hand softly on the carvings. "What's wrong mistress?"

Serana walked towards Titus so they stood shoulder by shoulder. She slowly leaned into him, coming into contact with his blood stained armour. It didn't bother her though. She'd had worse in her life, and while she'd decided to try stay away from blood whenever she could, in her mind love came over petty choices.

"What now?" Titus looked towards Kylar, who was still crouched down on the portal. He was beginning to feel sorry for the bright red haired fellow. Nothing seemed to be going his way.

Kylar unbent his legs before turning to face the couple. "We go to Aetherius and save Nocturnal."

Serana's eyes widened in amasement at Kylar's proposition. What made it even worse was they'd not even known him that long, and now he was on about travelling to other realms. She managed to suppress the urge to argue by remembering how she asked Titus to accompany her into the Soul Cairn. Suddenly, Kylar's proposition didn't seem nearly as insane.

Titus cleared his throat, subtly hinting had an idea. Surely some crazy idea involving dragons, magic and all sorts of other stuff but it was still an idea that needed to be heard. "Sovngarde is part of Aetherius."

"What about it?" Kylar enquired.

"I've been to Sovngarde," Titus answered. "But I don't think Nocturnal would be held there; for whatever reason she is being held for." Titus began explaining his scheme with hand gestures. "There must be some other ways to enter Aetherius."

"But how would we actually find out?" Serana added.

"I must have some old dusty textbook somewhere around the house," Titus predicted. "That's our next step."

"It's good to see you again Thane," Lydia greeted. "How was the honeymoon?"

"Great," Titus replied. He slumped his sword and shield down in their usual spot by the alchemy table and sat in his chair around the central table. "Can you whip something up for three please Lydia?"

"Two actually," Serana corrected. "I'm going to go have a rest for a while." Serana trudged off into the bedroom, closing the door shut behind her. Lydia walked into the kitchen to begin cooking something up for the two men.

Kylar took the chair opposite Titus and placed himself on it. He rested both his elbows on the green table cloth, using both his hands to support his head. "Nice house you got here," Kylar commented. "Must have cost an arm and a bloody leg."

"Well I do have money," Titus said, mirroring the position Kylar was currently in. "I am the Dragonborn after all."

"Wait," Kylar said in astonishment. "You can't be."

"I can prove it, but maybe later." The fact Kylar didn't recognise Titus as Dragonborn just deepened the already deep mystery currently in play. Nearly everyone knew Titus was Dragonborn, especially the citizens of Skyrim. It was like Kylar was living in his own little existence, cut off from the happenings of the world.

Kylar shook his head and moved off the topic, not wanting to complicate the already delicate situation. "So," Kylar began, "what about children?"

Titus awkwardly fidgeted in his seat and sighed heavily. It was quite the private topic. Serana was clearly uneasy about having children; at least at the moment. Which made Titus uneasy about discussing it with Kylar. But he went along with it anyway.

"Sure, one day I want to be a father." Titus chuckled slightly, "I guess my current lifestyle doesn't permit at the moment though."

"Same with me really," Kylar joked. "What about Serana?"

Titus tightened his lips slightly. He really didn't want to explain Serana's reasoning, so he simply replied, "It's complicated."

"Okay then," Kylar finished.

Lydia walked in with freshly cooked rabbit legs and placed the before the two ravenous men and their hungry mouths. "Enjoy."

Titus and Kylar took the rabbit legs in hand and started ripping of chunks in sync. Finely cooked, incredibly tasty and a god send for their stomachs. Just what they needed.

"What about you?" Titus asked. "Would you ever consider having kids?"

"Yeah, I'd like to be one," Kylar groaned depressingly before carrying on, "but duty calls. If ever I'm needed to do what I must, I must be there. My life doesn't permit either, just like you."

The two men continued gorging on their food, conversing with each other constantly. Slowly, they were beginning to feel a friendly bond with each other. It seemed strange after everything that had happened, considering Kylar had dragged them on some massive journey that just created even more questions, but friendship could blossom from the most unusual situations.

Titus finished his rabbit leg before wearily shuffling into his bedroom, as did Kylar, who took a spare bed upstairs. Pushing the door shut behind him, Titus looked towards the bed, where Serana slept lightly above the covers. How you could be beautiful by simply sleeping was a mystery to Titus. He was a man. But Serana seemed to pull it off perfectly.

Titus moved over to his side of the bed, maneuvering himself gently onto the bed. After a small amount of seconds, Serana rolled over so her arm was strewn over Titus's chest.

"What were you talking about?" Serana mumbled.

"Stuff," Titus said. "What you been doing?"

"Sleeping." Serana moved her arms around Titus, pulling him into her soft embrace. "Although it's better now you're here."

"I'm sure Kylar won't disturb us," Titus hinted.

"What about finding how to get to Aetherius?"

"It can wait."

Personal Comments:

Hope you enjoyed dat (it was only filler really). I'm not really sure how many chapters are left of this arc, but I know that An Adventure to Falskaar will be next. I can assure that.

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