"It probably would, yeah. And it's not like I can't kill a couple dozen goatmen, it's just that he shouldn't be relying on me to save him. Especially when I'm missing and presumed dead... What am I talking about, this is a hypothetical anyway. Uncle Deckard is probably not kidnapped by goatmen and should not be criticized for his poor decisionmaking."

"He is probably fiiine," Gabe reasurres and tries to insert some levity in the situation, "and if he isn't we can all storm in and save him from the goatmen. And if the power of love is a thing against evil in your world, we got that covered." Nuzzle.

"The power of love is not a thing, but I do love you very much. And Henry. And Thomas and Fernando and Felix. I love everyone currently in this room a ton."

"Aw, you're sweetie. And I like you three a lot. And I guess Fernando isn't bad too."

"I love you too, Thomas. And I am sure Felix would affirm he loves you three."

(Henry is just gonna stay here having a quiet realization.)

Ari will give Henry a kiss wherever he can currently reach.

His neck. But Henry kisses back after a moment.

(Awww.)

"Breakfast!" Comes the announcement from the kitchen.

"Ooh!" Ari wiggles. "Do I get untied for this or is somebody gonna be feeding me?"

Henry eyes them up and down. "It would be rude to undo, Felix's knots so soon. Clearly, we are going to feed you two."

"Clearly," Thomas agrees. He lifts both Ari and Gabe with easy and walks then over to the kitchen.

Eeeeee.

Felix greets then and waves then to sit at the table - which suddenly acquires towels on the seats.

Henry starts offering bits and pieces of breakfast for the two to eat. Felix made them pancake, eggs and bacon. They also have toast with butter and jam.

Ari is pretty hungry. He will eat whatever is placed in front of him, in large quantities.

Henry will experiment, but he will soon realize isn't a picky eater.

Meanwhile, Fernando went to make a phonecall and Thomas updated Felix in the situation. He comes over to give Ari a hug.

"Thanks! It's probably going to be fine, honestly. But thanks."

"Don't mind him. He just really hates missing hugging opportunities."

"Sorry. I will stop, if you want to."

"If I ever request that you stop hugging me, then Diablo will have finally consumed my soul, and you should hug me anyway."

"Pff. Okay." Squeeze. "So, what is the plan now?"

"I guess it depends how fast we get Ari home. In a more immediate sense. Finish breakfast and then do magic research until another round with these two?"