Rhazii did not raise his voice, but he did not drop the issue. "But I'm thirsty, mama. My mouth is dry and I feel dizzy."

"If it pleases you," Fendros responded to Kaleeth with a low, complying wave of his hand, "All this heat and travel takes the energy out of me, but I'll try and spar. I still need to keep my practice up after so long on the ships."

Sabine replaced the clay vessel into her bag and gave as small a smile as she could so she did not hurt herself. "If he does not mind some repetitive work, he is welcome to even join in. There are some sensitive parts of the process, but I will be in charge of that. I will mostly need help processing and preparing the ingredients." Sabine almost laughed, "With the amount I have to make, I will be surprised if anyone watching would not know how to make it before dinner. Still, I'll teach you."

Looking across to the easily spottable S'nishi nearby, Sabine had a thought. "If I make you another bottle of pain ointment, will you ask S'nishi to carry Peiter and myself for half of tomorrow?" Sabine asked Ma'tanza with a joking grin. Ma'tanza could make the ointment herself, and Sabine would not normally presume Ma'tanza to speak for S'nishi, but Sabine found no reason not to ask in a jesting manner.

Tzirret leaned to hear what Bheja had to say, but widened his eyes by the end. He recoiled a bit and furrowed his brow at Bheja. "No! Bheja, th-that...no..." Tzirret became just as flustered as Bheja probably expected. "Tzirret wouldn't presume that. You may have fooled him the day before yesterday, but this time he is not fooled."

Given how humiliating it was, Tzirret did not want to have a repeat of the last time Bheja fooled him. Previously, Bheja had suggested to Tzirret that if Ma'tanza brought her elbows to her sides and then tried to touch them together on her front that it would get rid of her back pain. When Tzirret conveyed this to Ma'tanza, she saw right through it and informed Tzirret of his mistake. Needless to say, Tzirret was mortified. Thankfully, it was communicated that it was Bheja's doing, but Bheja had no end to his laughter when he found out that his ploy actually worked.