Re: Chapter 1, Phase 3 Intermission - Tethia
"Haha!" Tageru sincerely laughs at the washing bit... "Trust me, there is NOTHING you could possibly be ashamed of in front of me. I am a Cynis, after all, and I wasn't raised at the Cloister, I grew up surrounded by all those things the stories tell about-and more. But, if you feel uncomfortable, I could arrange it for you to take a bath without me present. But I thought the people here in the West were not as conservative as in the other parts of the world when it came to nudity.", he gives her a glance with the slightest hint of a joke in it, and watches her blush. "Alright, I'll get you some water and a tub, but if this is an excuse to try to escape, it will end badly... Wait here..."
Tageru exits and indeed brings her a large wooden tub and fills it with seawater. He unlocks her chains and helps her up out of the bed and says "I'll give you ten minutes. It's enough to wash yourself and make yourself decent again. Please, don't try anything suspicious. We'll talk afterwards."
He leaves the room and waits for about ten minutes before knocking at the door and entering. "Are you decent? Sit down on the bed, please. I'm coming in. If you jump me and try to attack me, I'll be very disappointed...", he says as he shoves the door slowly open...