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[color=00F8FE]Time: 9:30 am
Location: Danrose Entrance Hall - Anastasia’s Room
Interaction: Guards outside of Anastasia’s room [@princess]
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[color=9FA1A4][color=00F8FE][i]Misery?[/i][/color] Callum had only nodded at his brother’s final words before he’d left. [color=00F8FE][i]This entire place inspires nothing but misery.[/i][/color] He thought as he left the entrance hall as well and headed towards his own room. 

Sure, nothing more would happen to Darryn, but that didn’t erase what had already been done. His actions had not only gotten another man beaten and nearly killed, but had painted a target on Marek as well. His actions, which as far as he could remember had been simply attending an unauthorized party with few other willing participants. There was a clear fact buried in this morning's events; every person he had any interaction with unless it was approved by his parents would be worse off for it, if not in outright danger, because of him. He couldn’t keep playing games with people who wrote the rules, there was no hope of winning there. 

His only other option was to do exactly what he’d promised Wulfric; stay out of trouble, and do nothing to provoke his family. Maybe in time, he’d be able to nudge them towards more merciful decisions, maybe that was the best he could hope for and even that seemed like a stretch. At least it would mean no one else would be in danger because of him, and that seemed worthy enough to at least try. 

Callum didn’t head straight for his own room. Instead, he went to check on Ana first. He found a pair of stern-looking guards standing in front of her door.

[color=00F8FE]“I’d like to speak to my sister. Feel free to supervise if you must.”[/color] He offered. Ana deserved to know Darryn wasn’t being killed, he could only assume his mother would leave her to stew and suffer with her own guilt and that was one cruelty he could at least end. [/color]