Making Introductions

"Ma…What the hell is this?"

"Welllll…. You could call them helpers and sightseers?" Nyx smiled innocently in the hopes that she could disarm her son.

Malachi folded his arms and leaned back into the couch next to Aubrey.

It didn't work.

"Helpers? Sightseers??" Aubrey questioned.

"W-Well their father is a friend of mine, and they wanted to stretch their legs from their lands a bit, so he entrusted them to my care.

A-And since they were here I asked if they would not mind working only as stationary security for the base and they accepted!"

Behind Nyx, the trio of Tathamet siblings nodded in confirmation.

"Who is their father? I didn't know you had friends." Aubrey asked.

Nyx felt like she had somehow just been made fun of.

"Y-You'll meet him later if the fates are kind. He can't really move around as freely as these three."

"?" Aubrey and Malachi tilted their heads in unison.