Ahnasha of course did not accept the sujamma, but she did grab a mug to go get herself some water from the stream leading to the pond. It was annoyingly warm, but at least it was something. Ariel explained how the remedy she had given her would help relieve any of her aches, as she had guessed before. "I suspected that was the case. As it turns out, my lovely mate here is great at giving massages, so I can save the remedy for when I really need it. Though, I don't suppose you could teach your sister the recipe, could you? I could use it as long as we have ingredients, then."

"Well, first..." Meesei began after Janius asked about the skeleton. She glanced over to it and, with a thought and a slight motion of her hand, directed it to stand near the entrance of the chamber. "...I'll put it on watch for the night. I expended too much magical energy scouting the keep to examine it tonight. We might as well make use of it while it is here, after all. Once I am more well-rested, I will get to work examining the energies binding it together. Magical constructs such as those can be tough, but they have weaknesses. Different people create thralls in different ways, so the magicka animating them is often arranged differently. Since all of their sentinels are made within their coven, I am hoping they are all made similarly. If so, I may be able to construct an enchantment that can disrupt the magicka holding them together, allowing us to destroy them quickly and easily. It will make the job of providing a distraction much easier. 

"Hmm, so we're going to have a bonewalker as a servant for a few days? I'm going to have to balance my need to crush the abomination's bones under my boot, and my desire to have a mindlessly obedient servant bring me drinks all day. You never make things easy, do you?" Lorag added.