1. Many squees.
2. I'm glad that you're actually showing Aula's and Tiberius's serious sides, an area I've neglected. (I'm probably going to try to give it a little more attention.) They're strange people, but they're capable of taking things seriously and not turning to sex for everything. You're showing them doing what everyone does at some point: being there for a friend. Am I right to assume that this is before V's birth?