5th of March 1911; excerpt from Hairini's journal
"Things were quite calm, for the most part. One of the most worrying things, however, was how Lykidis has been acting around Nestor. In a conversation I overheard, I found out that Lykidis was, in fact, the descendant of a former Serbian ruling family. 'Vukanović', I believe. He planned on convincing Nestor of letting his son be Nestor's senatorial successor, so that his family may once more rule over land lost as governors. A couple of hours later, he attempted to do just that, but Nestor stopped him dead in his tracks. He told him he didn't want to hear anything about this until he was close to forced retirement.
Michail was furious and ranted about how his family deserved it. Heraklides jumped in, pointing out how Lykidis' family is descended from his, the 'Vojislavljević' family, and argued that they held that claim instead. Epimonopoulos mentioned how his family, the 'Nemanjić' family, derives from the main branch of the 'Vukanović', and that they held the claim instead. Alexidas pointed out his family, the 'Branković' family, descends from Epimonopoulos' family via female line through marriage. And out of nowhere, Antecheirinidis jumped in and argued that none of them hold any true claim via family, unlike his family, the 'Trpimirović' family, who held more land in Dalmatia, which they all apparently want to govern. At this point, many of my fellow peers, such as Kojo Onobanjo, Sudarto Wanggai, Botros Damji and Dhaaniel Kurien, jumped in and told them no one cared. Nestor, frustrated by his friends all trying to claim themselves as worthy of the Dalmatian governorship, thanked his subordinates profusely for stopping the madness.
For the rest of the day, everyone was quiet. The former friends were all glaring at one another. According to Kojo, Lykidis has told him in the time they've worked together that there are many Hellenized families in the Roman Empire, especially of regained lands. Their families had been at each other's throats for decades now, as well at the throats of the other formerly non-Greek families. When I asked him on his thoughts on the matter, he just told me he didn't care and that Nestor should adopt a child, just so Michail would stop ranting to him about this. That night, I heard ruffling from Nestor's room. I quietly moved to the room's door and slowly opened it to find Nestor having trouble sleeping.
I sat down and talked with him; he was frustrated over the fact that his friends were chasing after his senatorial position. While Antiochos and Nicolaos apologized, he still couldn't believe such old friends would do something like that to him. I myself was a bit frustrated as well, though that was mostly because of lack of sleep. In a moment of mutual frustration, I leaped onto Nestor. That night, both our frustrations disappeared."
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17 March 1911
Nestorius and Hairini were glad to hear the news of Israel's fall and of how the war was going. Hearing the offer for toast and tea, Hairini chimed in. "Two pieces of toast and cups of tea for us, please!" she asked politely.
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