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Leszya smiled at Ryken.

" That's a very comforting revelation." she said thoughtfully. She walked over to where Ulysses was tied up and sleeping, leaning in to inspect his face before turning back to Ryken.

"Considering this man's position, I'd much rather be in favour with you all." her smile remained in place. This was a lot more fun than she had thought it was going to be. " I don't believe I've met you properly, though you know my name. What, may I ask, is yours?"

Gregor watched Ryken talk for the first time in a while, but he wasn't one to really say much either. He watched Leszya lean towards Ulysses, but didn't bother doing anything about it. She didn't seem to be any harm to him right now anyways, well at least not anything more than tying him up. He decided that since Ryken was talking he could watch Ulysses. "Ryken, you watch Ulysses. I'll be back in a little while." He headed back towards the library without waiting for an answer, he didn't really think that Ryken would reject watching a tied up man. He would finally get to collect all the books he had been staring at earlier. He moved from shelf to shelf gathering dozens of books onto a table to look over and read.

She returned the smile.

" A pleasure, Ryken." she laughed a little. " No, not ideal at all. But very entertaining, I must say. This isn't a situation I find myself in often. As long as I'm not dead by the evening, I'll consider this a good day." She glanced back at the old man briefly.

"I have little sympathy if he's as lecherous as desribed, and I can say from the gleam in his eye when he was-well, conscious, he was likely exactly as he is described. The pain of those who exploit the weak isn't an upset to me, they're impossible to respect." She had to fight down a sudden impulse to bring her knee directly into the sleeping man's face and wait to hear a bone crack, but that was likely unwise. She wasn't clear from danger quite yet. Besides, he belonged to this group and she was sure they'd take care of him just fine.

She moved to a chair, keeping her eye on the door.

"I intend to get very comfortable in a hot bath, once one non-gentleman Mr. Pix is through." She eyed the door, anticipating the feeling of hot water working out the tension in her muscles. She was getting impatient, and entertaining the thought of marching to wherever that bathing room was and dragging him out physically. Bath Usurper.

((Well good night and hopefully we'll see you tomorrow. I'm probably logging off too. I'm just tired.))

Gregor was pooring himself over three books at once sketching down herbs, their uses, where they grow, and a few other helpful things into his own book. He had already decided on the books he would take with him to sell and a few others he wished to take so he could read them. He realized he could more than triple the money he just spent if he found a good buyer. He also found a book containing maps of many regions which he grabbed figuring it would help them out later. He finished reading through the books on herbs and moved them off to the side. He started looking around to see if he missed anything when out of the corner of his eye he noticed something hidden between a shelf and a desk. He went over to it and pulled it out. It was small, but it had a black leather cover inlaid with gold script. He skimmed through the pages carefully inspecting them. The book was practically in mint condition. This book alone could easily be worth double what he spent if it was in tatters. This copy could be sold for a small fortune. It was one of only twenty copies ever made. It was surrounded by alchemic lure supposedly containing the secret to eternal youth. He didn't believe it, but he knew it would sell for a lot and if he copied down its contents the copies would sell for a good amount too. He gathered up the books he decided upon and loaded them into the side of his pack easily adding another twenty pounds to his load.

He leaned his head back as he lay in the tub, and opened one eye as he heard the knock, inviting Andrea in. He'd have to be very careful about how he handled this.

He sighed.
Always have to go after the difficult ones, huh you self-defeating b*****d?
He closed his eyes again relaxing in the hot water, letting his face just barely float at the top of the water. It was a rather large bath, apparently meant for multiple people, though that seemed odd seeing as there was only one man here, a well, some people like a big bath.

"You don't have to do this you know. I won't force you to do anything, I'd be happier if you wanted me, but you won't suffer for saying no."

"I want you."

It was simple sentence. Open for a reason. She would take it as him saying he ONLY wanted her, wish of course would be wishful thinking on her part. While if the time ever came he could very easily claim to have never been lying, now he just had to wait and see if she took the bait.