"Ah..."

For a few moments, sitting in the warm, soothing water, Fanilly was silent. She'd never actually experienced a real battle before now. Certainly, she had read about them. She'd trained in battlefield tactics and how to conduct oneself in combat. But...

She'd never actually set foot on an active one. Oh, certainly, when she was a child her family had taken her to visit the site of the last battle against the haedlings on the fields of Vausa, one of the earliest battles in all of Thaln's history, that in the opinion of many a scholar marked the beginning of one of the most prosperous periods in Thaln's history. But it was a far, far cry from actually fighting in one.

The purple markings around Fanilly's throat from where Jeremiah had attempted to strangle her into unconsciousness were already fading from the healing properties of the water.

"It was... I've never experienced anything quite like it, I suppose," she said, averting her eyes slightly. It had been hard not to eye... well, she'd never seen a naga naked before. The way the scales met the human body, almost framing it in a v-pattern, was hard not to notice simply due to how different it was.

"... I'm not certain of how I performed... no-one should have di-hiiii!?"

Fanilly was [i]quite[/i] taken off-guard when someone managed to get in behind her and bite her neck. For a few moments her brain was incapable of comprehending what was occurring, until she managed to piece to and two together.

"T-T-Tyaethe?!"

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"Of course, Sir Indrau," the maids said in chorus once more, swiftly splitting off from one another to begin work. Well... the blue-haired maid and the brunette maid did. Alaree instead chose to sit back and watch them.

"... [i]Really[/i]?" commented the blue-haired maid, looking over her shoulder as she did, "You can't even help make Sir Indrau's lunch? How lazy are you?"

"U-um... the help would be pretty nice..." stammered the brunette, shifting a little uncomfortably as she did.

"Too many of us would make it a little crowded, wouldn't it?" replied Alaree, with a shrug, "You don't need three people to make a light me-"

"GO TO THE PANTRY AND GET SOME MEAT!"

"Aaah, fiiiine!"

Alaree clearly wasn't pleased, but at least at this point she finally departed for the meat locker.

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"Ah... I'm glad our efforts are appreciated..."

Alisha gave a little bit of a chuckle, unable to help herself, at the sight of a knight returning her curtsy like that. It was... odd, to say the least. She definitely hadn't expected it, and it was certainly on the funny side. But it was still quite... odd to watch.

What caught her attention far more was the display of flames across those limbs... While she had certainly seen magic before, this was something else entirely. Not that it wasn't magic itself, but it was certainly different from what she was used to.

"Ah... I will speak about having a place set aside for such a demonstration, indeed," Alisha said, with a nod. "As for the dance... We'll see."

It was better than nothing.

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