Pray, do not tarry. I'll bathe quite willingly without you.
[ Which is entirely true, but she'll wait for a little bit, at least. She's softened considerably tonight, from memories or from intimacy or from a deeply-buried inclination to trust at least half of his words and gestures.
But he's got a staff to give the night off and she has a bathroom to find, so she curtsies in her robe and heads off very fearlessly in an intrepid quest to locate the place for a much-needed soak. ]
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[ Which is entirely true, but she'll wait for a little bit, at least. She's softened considerably tonight, from memories or from intimacy or from a deeply-buried inclination to trust at least half of his words and gestures.
But he's got a staff to give the night off and she has a bathroom to find, so she curtsies in her robe and heads off very fearlessly in an intrepid quest to locate the place for a much-needed soak. ]