"I hope it is like other places and we'll just get used to it," Sabine thought out loud, "These burns are bad, though. We really need clothes."

Sabine eventually worked her way up to Peiter's head and then placed one hand on his shoulder. "Turn over," she requested with a smile. Once Peiter complied, Sabine began healing the red on his upper back and neck, working her way down again.

"Peiter, what do you think is going to happen once we get back home?" Sabine asked out of the blue. Her tone was bright and curious, but none of their friends and Bruma will know about their new relationship upon arriving.

Fendros gave an affirmative nod, "That is a good point. Well then..." Taking a step back, Fendros stood at guard with his wooden sword forward. He had practiced with Kaleeth occasionally, so the first wariness he kept was for her brute strength. Luckily, swords required more than that.

The opening clash had Fendros step forward first, throwing a quick cut at Kaleeth's upper-left leg and following with cuts to her shoulder and wrist. He expected a counter-attack if she was able to defend herself. Given the time that Kaleeth had taken over the past few years to train, that was no longer an unlikely outcome.

After the first little clash, Fendros kept up talking. "How have things been between you and Janius, anyway? I heard something about him trying to take you to a skooma den, but I thought that was just a rumour."