Serapis finished organizing some books when he heard his wife come in. "Thayva? Is everything alright?" he asked, already suspecting that not all was well. She had that look. Maybe it was her pose? Her expression? A combination of factors? He couldn't quite put his claw on it, but he knew when she had bad news. 

Arjun worked on a few of his chores, but he'd be done soon and be able to go back upstairs to his room.

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Aurelian and Jorn cleaned up and joined Nick. They lined up for one more rubdown, but there was a line. Aurelian was wearing his shorts, as was Jorn. Being a halfling, he was not quite as strong as most of the other males. Normally it wasn't a problem, but now that he could see their muscles, it made him feel slightly intimidated. If this were a fight, he'd be in trouble. 

"Should've suspected that it would take a while. We've all been working hard today" Aurelian said to Nick.

"I wonder what happened to Laura" Jorn said, a bit uneasy at the incident earlier today. 

"Oh, so you do care about her after all" Aurelian replied, folding his arms and smiling. 

"She... she thinks I'm cute, that's all!" he said, uneasily. He looked down at his feet, another sign of embarrassment.