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Rick and Joana's six children had been of particular interest to Hector as well. Unlike him, they were the Elroys' actual cousins, and Hector occasionally saw them playing with Marcos and Ramira.

As of late, Garovel had been paying especially close attention to that family's circumstances and had since come to learn quite a lot about their history. Apparently, the reason they and the Elroys had so many kids was because they were trying to reinvigorate their bloodline after their near extinction some twenty-five years ago. It was a touchy subject, according to Garovel, but one that had obviously affected the Rainlords of Sair quite deeply. Hector had heard similar tales from the other houses as well, but that one sounded like it was perhaps the worst one in recent memory.

Beyond that, however, there was also the matter of Selena Cortes and her reaper, Ojarea.

Thus far, Hector hadn't seen very many instances of a genuinely worrying servant-reaper relationship. Sure, there were plenty of reapers who talked loads of shit about their servants--hell, that even seemed to be the norm--but there was almost always a playful or affectionate undertone in their words.

Not so with Selena and Ojarea.

After he'd relayed his concerns to Zeff about the two of them, Hector had yet to see Selena and Ojarea together again. According to Garovel, both Houses of Cortes and Elroy were keeping them separate and under observation for the time being.

So when Hector happened to see Selena Cortes sitting on the steps of the Tower of Day with Ojarea floating over her, he was surprised. And somewhat concerned.

Garovel wasn't with him at the moment, so he informed the reaper of what he was seeing.

'Be right there. Let me find Joana first.'

Hector noticed Ojarea looking his way and decided not to just stand around until Garovel showed up.