when he and malina were attached , khustav had adopted her family as his own , and more often than not , khustav sat on the sofa when allia came to visit , as entranced by the tales of the former glory of the firien settlement as his young son , tales of the comet riders khustav had thought didnt really exist back in his cosmopolitan life in ariyalsynai , tales he had never heard presented with such detail and accuracy .