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Zalmon returned to the Orion brothers' dorm room after coming from the cafeteria with his boyfriend, Trent. Still holding Trent's hand he walks on in the dorm room then calls out. "Chand, are you still here?!". He would be so Trent could borrow some swimming stuff from him.

Zalmon side glances at Trent noticing he is acting nervous, "Them? So you've met Cyrus then without me knowing about it? And why are you standing behind? I thought you said earlier that you're aren't afraid of Chand?" he asked him. He started heading towards the bedrooms to see if one of his brothers are here.

Trent tilted his head a bit at Zalmon. "No...I never met Cyrus, but you've mentioned having two brothers at the marketplace and a few other times..." He said nervously. "I-i'm not afraid of Chand. He seemed pretty cool, although he really didn't talk much.... just not good at meeting new people..." He hung his head a bit.
He noticed something from the corner of his vision and saw a person peeking out of one of the rooms. He blushed and tensed up, gripping Zalmon's hand tight. "Whoa..." Was all he could mutter at the small visibility of the other brother.

Cyrus listens patiently to his brother telling him some news of what has happened while he was away. He looks at Trent with his one good eye while Zalmon introduces him. "I have some news also. I've decided to get my old injury healed and its half way there to being fully healed" he says to Zalmon, "And I have two friends who are twins and the eldest, from what I've been told, has a crush on me". He wasn't convinced that Trent is worthy of being Zalmon's boyfriend and can trust to keep him out of trouble or at least provide protection. So he decides to give him a small test and takes out three knife daggers out of his pouch. "Only if answers a few of my questions and he has to answer in his own words. If he lies he will be punished and if refuses to answer any of the questions you both will be punished and you two can no longer be a couple. Do you understand, Trent?" he asked him.

Zalmon was happy to hear that his brother has finally accepted someone's offer to help him with his old childhood. Sooner the better so he doesn't have to be reminded anymore of his past mistakes with one of his abilities. He felt like he should have known with the Trent is behaving now would causes doubts for Cyrus about what he thinks of the guy. Before he knew it he was in the all too familiar position Trent standing in front of him with his gun. He knows this is his brother's way of testing Trent so he is pretty calm and he is confident would be able to prove himself. He wonders what kind of punishment Trent was imagining Cyrus was going to put him through.

Trent stared at the white-haired male sternly, trembling a bit in front of Zalmon. He couldn't show he was weak though other wise the man might think low of him. "I apologize for acting hostile." He said with a nervous gulp, his heart pounding all over. Questions. It seemed easy enough, but not when somebody was intimidating him. He hated the pressure, it reminded him of military training and was about to lose his mind.

"I am 16. I can not fully tell if I am a child of a god for certain or not. I have had visions of meeting him a few times and other students claim to know the gods personally. I have two sides of me though and see the future and past briefly. Whether that is for sure from the god Janus, I do not know." He said, a nervous drop of sweat dripping from his head. He wanted comfort from Zalmon so bad, but was afraid Cyrus would count it against him. "I reacted to the other brother the same as with you, by pulling a gun on him." He trembled more as he said this. Not the best way to greet people, but it was true.

The next two questions were awkward and made Trent uncomfortable. He knew he had to be honest, but he did not wish to talk about such subjects. "I...I-I refuse to answer those two questions. I'm sorry but that is personal info between me and Zalmon. If we did or are going to do that, I believe it is no concern of anyone else. I do not ask you about such personal matters." He said nervously, knowing it wasn't what the boy wanted.

Sh-shoot. I blew it, I just now it... He thought to himself, frightened. His other side stepped in on his thoughts.
Heh, he wanted the truth let me speak, let me speak!! His other side cackled and burst out. "So what if I want to tap that cute little boy and his tail? I'll do as I please." He snickered. No! Don't say things like that! He fought back himself. "Heck no! I won't promise Zalmon won't get in trouble. I like trouble too. But i know for a fact I will risk my life if I need to for this boy, and a chump like you won't stop me." Trent said, ready to fight if he needed to. His other side was freaking out in his mind.

Cyrus nods to convey that he accepts Trent's apology. He finds out Trent is the same age as them and that he can be honest in answering the questions, however, he was a bit weirded out by what brother's boyfriend said before snickering thinking he must tail fetish or something. "Alright, you passed since you answered the questions honestly even though most of them was just a yes or no or cannot be decided questions" he responds. "Seriously, though. Did you really think I was going to harm you and my brother?" he asked Trent before heading back inside his bedroom. He gets the swimming stuffing that Trent and put it all in a bag then stepped back out of his bedroom. "Here you go, as agreed" he holds out the bag to Trent.

Zalmon felt worried for his brother's emotional state of mind when he heard him gulp and saw the look of uncertainty on his face. Once the test was over he felt relieved also to hear that Trent passed. "I can assure you none of his punishment involve any physical harm not like how mom does it" he says to Trent. He uses one hand to rub his boyfriend's back soothingly to try to comfort him when the demi-god wrapped his arms around him and rested his head on his shoulder. He hopes the visit to the pool will help Trent feel better and start having fun again.