Kate could play rough with him and rub him without hurting.  He was so much healthier and his coat was soft and full of patterns. He father kept them up late and she yawned as he set his head on her thigh. "I love you like this. Soon you will be working and I back in school. I want to make the most of the time we have. Your physically healed and our time in town will not be like when you first arrived. I do hope tomorrow you will have fun."<br/><br/>The mage placed her hand in the back of his neck and flexed her fingers. She pushed her finger deeper kneeding is muscles. "How you needed so much care when you first arrived. That awful collar. You have come a long way in a few months." She hugged him for a long moment then covered him with a quilt. "You have been offered your freedom offically by Papa. How would like to celebrate?"