Altima heard Valen's tone of voice and frowned a bit, she didn't like to see her friends looking so gloomy.  She walked over for a moment and smacked him on the back in a more brotherly-way then a sisterly one and grinned wolfishly. "Hey Vallie, cheer up.  Somethings can't be helped now, you're going to chase off the good looking women if you keep looking so down." She teased, nudging him with her elbow gently and kept prodding him for a moment until she turned her attention back on Arioch.<br/><br/>"I actually meant that seriously.." she said, becoming more sober and stepped toward the elf.   "While a mud bath might be good for the skin, I was asking about something warm and welcoming." she said and thought for a moment. "Or maybe both of us could strip down, get in the mud and wrestle around a bit to brighten the days of our two guys here?" she smirked widely and boldly eyed Arioch. "You definately have the body to brighten someone's day." she winked.<br/><br/>She crossed her arms but retained that impish, flirty grin as she watched their new companion and waited for a response, walking slowly if she had to to keep moving if necessary.  Ally was always like this: she tried to cheer people up by being flirty or teasing or blatantly naughty as she didn't really like to see people so down for too long. It really created a problem with morale if you walked around carrying chips the size of redwood logs on your shoulders.  She missed the Queen too but she was trying to stay upbeat and cheery like Brand was, altima had resolved not to ever show weakness of any kind in public; she'd get weepy and bummed out later in private.