>Chuckle a bit. Seems we're having a good effect on the girls after all.
>"Well, that's just my job and power you know. Isn't it a woman's prerogative to want to decide her own path? Which, as you'll note, the contract entirely permits for you three as well."
>Smile a bit. "Besides, Jonil's always been as irascible as he is, for as long as I can recall. He's only one of the elders either way, and everyone listens more to Chief Elder Saku anyhow. He's the oldest in the village, and one of the wisest. Because of that, everyone respects his wishes, even myself. Luckily for us though, he's a friendly and open sort of man. I suppose I shall join them eventually."
>Come to think of it, what do we know about the elders? And for that matter, the tales of their youthful days?