“Thank you.” Thayva nodded to his bow. With another quick glance to the students, she hurried out a side door and headed to the stairs leading to their chambers to find her husband and give him word of the cleaning’s completion, and their dwindling cleaning supplies. She paused only once, requesting the same of a dwarf as she had of Ferdinand, then hurried to the top floor.

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	Nick grinned at Jorn’s response. “Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad one.” He turned and led the way first to their sleeping quarters to grab a clean set of clothes, then hurried to the boy’s bathing rooms, trying to get there before the rush of others eager to rid themselves of the mix of sweat and crusted foodstuffs.
	Thankfully, they were among the first to arrive, and did not have long to wait. With the request to meet in the hall outside when finished, Nick eagerly entered.
	Nick took the longest of his friends. When he finally came out, his dirty clothes under one arm, he nodded to his companions. “Let’s get rid of these,” he nodded to the clothes that, after spending a while in the clean scent of soap, smelt that much more rancid, “then get in line for a massage.”