"[b]Cut it out, Naddie, they're probably waiting for us![/b]" Emiri chided Nadeline, throwing her towel at the girl. "[b]Don't you have a date to get ready for?[/b]"

Nadeline pulled the towel off her head, sticking her tongue out. "[b]Don't be jealous.[/b]" She sang happily as Karolina handed her a bag. As Savayna would ask her about Grant, the blonde thought to herself. "[b]He seemed to be enjoying himself today when we were playing. Except when he got hit in the face. But that was hilarious.[/b]"

Karolina chuckled lightly, pulling her shirt over her head. "[b]Grant has always been a serious young man, I'm glad he had fun today.[/b]" She said, pulling on her long skirt. She then took a brush out of her bag, sitting her daughter down and began combing it through Nadeline's hair, despite her protest. "[b]I think he likes being around all of you. He doesn't look like it, but he tends to get very lonely in the castle. He just has a harder time expressing himself, that's all.[/b]" She explained to the girls as she brushed through Nadeline's tangles. Once she finished, she patted her daughter's head and motioned to Emiri. The brunette took Nadeline's spot and Karolina began brushing her hair as well. "[b]He'll have fun tonight, I'm sure of it.[/b]"

"[b]Does that answer your question?[/b]" Nadeline asked Savayna.

Outside, Lorenzo and Grant exited the mens' changing room. They caught Jaakuna laughing, though paid no mind to it. "[b]I'll be returning to the castle, tonight.[/b]" He told Grant quietly. "[b]I'll send word to find out about Reia's assassin.[/b]" 

He nodded, though he turned to his brother. "[b]I know you weren't lying, but...I had hoped your information would be false. I didn't think Reia would turn out like Roland.[/b]" He replied. "[b]Even if she was to eliminate Nadeline and myself...then what? Would she go after you as well? Is a bloodbath what she really wants? Doesn't she realize this won't end well no matter what course of action she takes?[/b]"

Lorenzo patted Grant's shoulder. "[b]What we are in the dark determines what we really are. I suggest you not worry about it too much.[/b]"