The process of lathering Cyne up slowly and then rinsing the soap from his skin was a slow one that soothed Elara's active thoughts about the coming remarks the following day from her council about her keeping him so close to her. Methodically she moved from his shoulders and neck to his arms and then his back. She didn't hesitate to dip below to the surface of the water at his waistline a few times but she didn't push farther than was appropriate currently as he was starting to relax at her cool touch and the warm, charmed water. "You have once again proven your intelligence many times over, Cyne. And that pleases me, that you understand your position here will not be threatened while I live. I admit, I did consider that you might try to kill me in my sleep the first night, and when you didn't even make an attempt, I was confused. But the day we spent in the ruins today... that made me understand that you might not have been exactly... shall we say, satisfied with your lot in life back in your realm?"<br/><br/>She leaned her arms on the side of the tub as she sidled up next to Cyne in the bath now that he was rinsed clean, and rested her chin on her folded hands, listening to him. Her chuckle was low and delighted with the question. "No, I don't take any into my bath. Even before I was queen, bathing is a very... private ritual to me. I suppose you could think of it that it's how I wash away the cares of my day most of the time, and leave them in the soap bubbles and ripples of the water. I thought it might ease you last night to have a bath, and I wasn't about to give up bath time myself either." Elara added hastily at the end, explaining her purpose in extending the invitation to him his first night in her realm. "And tonight... well, I do quite enjoy your presence myself, Cyne. You're intelligent, clever, and if I might add, not at all bad to look at." She teased, turning her head and resting her cheek on her hands with a playful smile, and a challenging look in her blue eyes.