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F'mos was hard at work as always and usually would not be interrupted unless there was something urgent, or he had guests. Lizzie's expression when she interrupted him was not one which would show any urgency which meant he had guests. That said it was not the usual excitement she had for a new guest which came calling at his home either. She looked more frightened, with a mix of... esteem at their guest. It made F'mos a little confused as to the identity of the person she brought home with her. He had always tried to keep a low profile so there should not be anyone well known in Etzos to be searching for him who also knew of his relationship with the girl; unless it was Nightshade though she would not actually have Lizzie so scared despite being a detestable avriel.He thought on it for a moment and then realized that it might have been from his previous trip to Foster's? That would be bad if they actually did come all the way to Etzos just because of it. Nothing really bad came out of it either to have him so bothered. He asked the girl if she knew his visitor, she said yes and when he asked the name, she said no; but it was someone the both of them should know according to her because of... mutants? Maybe it was Swain who Lizzie met a few seasons back and, Big Franko who was in charge of the boy but both should know better than coming to his home on business. It infuriated him that they were so crass towards his position in his city and which much hostility directed towards, went to meet them in the next room.
Only it was neither Big Franko nor Swain, but Noth, another one of those detestable avriels. The aukari sent Lizzie away to get some drinks and perhaps, some dessert. It should take her some time to do. Once she was out of earshot he immediately went with his suspicions of the avriel's motives as he asked "what did you do to her? She scared." So long as his guest had not answered anything which may be perceived as a threat to the girl, it was on to the next question to ask "what do you want?" It was the only time the avriel ever needed the aukari which was an arrangement F'mos was completely fine with to maintain a peaceful lifestyle but, Noth also knew there were better ways to meet the aukari. He better be able to justify the need to visit the aukari at his home.
What Noth wanted probably would not even make sense for the aukari, which is probably why an explanation would be needed until it did. Long enough for the girl to actually return with their refreshments and as it would be impolite to have her leave as soon after that, "we can talk about party favours later." A veiled suggestion which should make sense to the avriel the moment F'mos gestured at the girl. It would be up to Noth to entertain Lizzie for a while as it seemed like with the refreshments, she started to get a lot more comfortable with her saviour of the old mutant-mage melee; more interested about the avriel which she kept asking questions about.
Bad parenting. That was the only thing F'mos could think of the girl who readily associated herself with all these dubious individuals which made sense as he was the one who acted as her parent now, unfortunately for her.