Thayva sighed at the lizardman’s report, the cuff on her tail glittering in the light as it swished behind her. “Thank you for notifying me. I’ll be sure to add cleaning materials to the list of supplies to pick up. We need to make a trip to town soon, anyway.” She glanced out to the quickly dwindling body of orphans as they all filed out into the halls. “But if they [i]do[/i] do something like this again,” Thayva continued in a mutter, crossing her arms, “I swear I’ll make them [i]lick[/i] the mess up.” She offered Ferdinand a small smile. “Thanks for your help tonight.” She patted him on the shoulder. “I do have one more favor to ask, though. I need to speak with Serapis, so would you help spread the word to the faculty that there’s to be a conference tonight after the children are in bed?”

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	Nick raised an eyebrow at Aurelian’s suggestion. “We go there now, and we’ll probably get rejected!” In emphasis, he used part of his soiled shirt to try rubbing off what looked like it had once been some sort of fruit from Aurelian’s shoulder, but only managed to smear it over his skin. “I’m hitting the baths first.”