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It was quite likely that Gul was the only one in the house who got an early start in the morning. She had already been to the local market and back before the others had even been awake, let alone dared to venture downstairs. Such a thing was normal; she had always been an early riser, living the nomad lifestyle. The aoide was already in the kitchen starting on breakfast when she was startled by a soft knock on the doorway.

"Morning..." Tien grinned at Gul when the aoide turned, apparently surprised. "I know, I'm up early. Did you need any help?" Clearly the goddess hadn't been awake long and still looked somewhat tousled from sleep. Her hair had half fallen down, the several sizes too big shirt she had put on over her dancing clothes was falling off one shoulder and her feet were bare.

"I hadn't expected to see you downstairs so soon." She admitted, pale cheeks flushing slightly.

"The talk with Rio helped. Thank you, for getting him to come here."

Gul smiled sheepishly. "Lets see if we can't get all this ready before Lord Desiderio and Asherah come downstairs."

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So when the two did come downstairs finally, they would find both goddess and her other aoide in the kitchen. No doubt they would be drawn down by pleasant smells, eventually.

Asherah had still been asleep until Rio kissed her. Normally she would've been awake shortly after Gul but it was too warm and comfortable with Love sleeping beside her. "Hn...?"

She sat up and stretched, yawning. The sight seemed rather kitten-ish. "Seems so...is it that late already?"

The catgirl climbed out of bed and moved to the window, clearly her own current state of undress wasn't an issue. She pushed back the curtain partly and mewed nervously. The sun was up and it was probably midmorning by now. "Oh...it is rather late." Partly she felt bad sleeping so late, but surely Tien or Gul would've woken her if she were needed?

"I hope not." She let the curtain fall closed and turned to search for her clothes. There was no telling where they had ended up! After a couple of moments she did manage to find a shirt, however it didn't appear to be hers. She giggled and brought it over to him. "I do believe this is yours."

Asherah leaned in to give him a kiss when he handed her the blouse, shrugging noncommittally about the clothing issue. It wasn't like she had much experience with such things, aside from with him that is. She pulled the blouse over her head before setting about finding her pants. Somehow they had managed to find their way beneath the bed!

"Mhm." Instead of taking his arm Asherah opened the bedroom door and leaned against it, motioning for him to go first. "I'll be right behind you, doubt we could both go down the stairs at once anyway."

The catgirl stuck her tongue out at him. She was just being polite! She closed her bedroom door and headed down the stairs after him.

Surprisingly no one was in the common room when the pair made it downstairs. Sounds still came from the kitchen however, giving them a good idea where Gul at the very least might be. However it was the goddess who emerged from the kitchen first having heard the sound of footsteps on stairs.

"Well well, look who the Kitten dragged in?" Tien grinned at them from the kitchen doorway. She looked much the same as she had when she approached Gul this morning except her hair had been readjusted and she had a light dusting of flour covering her clothes. Clearly she and Gul had been busy baking.

Asherah flushed a little beneath her fur and murmured something of an apology for being late to rise.

Trickery shrugged. "Who do you think told him he could stay, hn?" Her way of telling the aoide that she had expected as much.

"Mhm. Not that I heard any protests to said 'dragging'." With that Tien disappeared back into the kitchen to retrieve breakfast and let Gul know the pair had finally decided to come downstairs.

Asherah stared after the goddess, unable to find a retort for that. She dropped onto a couch and covered her face with her hands, tail lashing back and forth.