Meesei and Ariel spent some time conversing on the way back to the cave, mostly about their prior magical training. Ariel seemed to find it interesting to know how Meesei's father had approached teaching her magic, while Meesei found a more practical use in knowing what kind of skills the witches likely possessed. Otherwise, nothing else of interest happened until they made it back to the cave. 

As they walked back into the chamber with the others, Janius responded with understandable hostility towards the undead servant walking in behind them. Just as usual, Meesei retained complete composure and simply used her mental link with her thrall to order it to stand behind her, placing herself between Janius and the skeleton. "Hold, Janius. This thrall is under my command. We captured it from the coven's lair and hope to find a way to use it against them."

As much as Ahnasha hated it, Fendros' massage eventually had to come to an end. For a while, they moved back over to the deep end of the pool and relaxed in its warmth, holding each other closely. Ahnasha did not keep track of how much time was passing, but eventually they heard Meesei and Ariel approach. She was not too interested in turning around at first, but as soon as Janius shouted out, her gaze snapped over to the chamber's entrance. Fortunately, Meesei was quick to clarify the false alarm, so the tensions fell just as quickly as they had risen. 

"Maybe we should join the others, dry ourselves off at the campfire. I'd like to know what on Nirn Meesei plans to do with a skeleton. Still, we definitely need to do this again soon, except next time you can teach me your secrets so I can give you a massage just as...thorough as mine was." She suggested as she moved to climb out of the water.