The Touch of a Loving Wife [Julian, Minerva]

Home so soon? She was not expecting it, she was actually more expecting other former coalition members who still did some work for her still but this was far greater than what she was expecting. Due to that Minerva was more than willing to spend some time for her beloved husband.

"Weary? It hasn't been that long has it?"

There was a hint of concern to her tone as she pulled him in for a hug when the children had their candy to go run off and enjoy.

"Do you need somewhere nice and quiet?"

"Alright, honey. How about you go upstairs and rest on the sofa while I make you some food. I think I have some soup still from last night which I can heat up."

It was still quite early and so she hadn't started dinner for tonight, especially because she had put Yuri up to the task of doing it. Her help was the little way of paying back the fact that Minerva let her live here. Minerva did hold onto his words though, letting them sink into her the same way every word of his got absorbed and carefully contemplated.

Assuming she could break his hold and leave him with a kiss she went to go prepare some food for him and let him unwind. It sounded like he needed it, those companions really must be a burdensome bunch if they could wear her Julian down like that which did concern her a bit. Their previous lifestyle left so much room for stress to wear him down but this was something new.

Fast forward a couple of minutes and she came in as bubbly as ever with a nice warm bowl and spoon.

"Here you go. Now, tell me all about it. It's good that they care at least. I'm glad Abalia has people that care so much for her wellbeing on the job."

"Hmm. Is that so? I can't imagine that the two of them are this way for no reason at all."

If Minerva knew one thing it was people, even from a few lines of someone she had an uncanny way of understanding or building a profile of them with very little detail. It was a talent that she thought made her quite valuable in her line of work, both present and former. Nevertheless, she didn't want to lecture him but sometimes a lecture was encouraging and supporting him had always been her intention.

"Do you think they hate each other, or do you think they are both just frustrated at situations they cannot control and want to project it onto someone else?"

She made a point of reaching out and rubbing the back of his head, trying to ease away whatever tension headache the two women had given him with her comfortable aura.

"Ehehe. You're the most genius man I know, seeing you at a loss is so frustrating. It makes me wish I could be there to help more."

Supporting him had always been her desire, it showed how bothersome it was to feel helpless in the situation and only able to provide him this bittersweet respite. A lot of thought is what she was putting into trying to analyse the brief profile she had of the two individuals. It was not much.

"You're leaving me with so little, you're lucky I have so much womanly intuition."

Her head leaned into snuggle up close to him and show just how much she missed him while he was away. Dealing with children was so satisfying but even she wasn't immune to the stresses of managing such a number of children.

"So do you want to endure the storm and try and sail through it, or do you want to clear the skies?"

She had such a fancy way of asking him if he planned to bunker down, get through the situation or try and mediate to create more relaxed conditions.

"I'm sure Abalia would appreciate it if people she cared about got along."

She reassurely kept up her affections while considering how to give her thoughts, it didn't help that she was working with even less here than he was. There was a distinct risk in her head that she might misjudge or provide him with inadequate advice for his situation.

"I can't imagine that a stranger like yourself could so quickly draw out the root of their issues, your rapport isn't high enough I don't think. I think the easier approach would be trying to reduce the stigma being attached to one another. Especially since one of the major causes might be retaliation or defensiveness, which would make it easier to find out which of the two is the one that is projecting their issues onto the other."

Minerva was mostly spitballing. Though she had to thank Julian having prior relations with one of them, that would make the whole ordeal easier.

"Tell me about Elyss, she seems to be the more known one. Do you think she's likely to project her troubles onto... What's the other one's name?"