With the offer of his arm, they were off to find the spring together. Navia’s hand slipped into the crook of Théadan’s arm, their shoulders companionably brushing as they moved down the hall and back to the stairs. She nodded her agreement to point out any changes she noticed in the springs to him, but it was sitting out on the balcony that evening and having a meal together while watching for the jungle life together that truly caught Navia’s interest. Anything that allowed her to share her life and culture with Théadan was to be enjoyed. Even walking down the halls and stairs together was nice to her and she was happily thinking to herself that they could make visiting the spa together a new tradition when Théadan was pointing out the oddity of their open-air room. Navia looked up at him to explain, but he was faltering in his step to point out he did not know where they were going.<br/><br/>“I think I remember,” Navia assured him with a smile as they descended the last staircase to return to the first floor. The smooth stone floors were cool beneath their feet, the air breezy thanks to their robes, and she would have been quite content wandering the halls with him. Still, she could remember the entrance to the springs being at the end of a corridor on the first floor, so she guided them to the left. “Rooms like ours are pretty common in areas of Khlurios that have steady weather. Here it’s unlikely for storms to be anything worse than a thunderstorm and it’s never cold enough to need windows,” Navia explained while they walked along, “I like it; it feels like we’ll be sleeping on the tree tops, just far more comfortably. Once we are in Mandira, we probably won’t see windowless rooms again. Rooms like that would be bad if a<i>tufan</i>came.”<br/><br/>At the end of the hall was a pair of large, curved wooden double doors. “This is it,” Navia announced, giving Théadan’s arm a small squeeze as she remembered the impressively carved doors. They depicted a scene of a waterfall, complete with trees growing along the banks and rocks cropping out of the water. She reached out to brush a hand over the carving with a smile before using the large metal handle to pull the door open. The sounds of the outside world greeted them, birds and insects called in the distance, along with a change in the flooring. The pristine white of the building gave way to the natural dark gray of stones that had been flattened for walking. Bubbling and flowing water could be heard, for the springs were rising from beneath the earth only meters away from them. The pool before them, separated by a tall pile of dark rocks, was covered halfway by the ceiling above their heads so that the springs could be used even in the rain or enjoyed out in the sun. It was reminiscent of a cave, though clearly the ceiling was manmade and the rocks had been piled up to create a wall to separate the pool into two.<br/><br/>“So far, just as I remembered it,” Navia said as she stepped further into the room and pointed out two signs on a post directly in front of the wall splitting the pool. “Men to the right, women to the left,” she translated the two signs for Théadan before grinning up at him, “You’ll have your side and I’ll have mine. You’ll have to decide if you want to meet me out in the sunshine.” Eager to do just that, hoping the changes Baiza had mentioned were further out in the springs and she just couldn’t see them, Navia used her loose grip on Théadan’s arm to rise onto her toes and press a parting kiss to his cheek before she slipped away from him. She disappeared around her side of the wall then, where there were chairs set out for people to lounge in if they so desired and pegs in the rocky wall to hang robes. There were no other robes there, telling her the women’s side was empty, and Navia shrugged her robe off to hang up and use the rock-cut steps to wade into the shallow, cool water of the spring. The clear water lapped at her skin as her feet came to rest on the rocky floor of the pool, the water stopping just below her breasts. It was slick and chilly, perfect to enjoy on a warm day in her opinion. "Are you in yet?" She called out, voice bouncing off the rocks around them and echoing, making her chuckle, "What do you think of it? Isn't it the perfect place for a nice, quiet, solitary bath where you can reflect and rest?" It was a taunt to be sure, and Navia was already dipping into the water more so it reached up to her neck as she took her time heading to the point where the rock wall ended and the pool led out into the sun.