Ophidian looked at Monia and raised one brow.<span style="color: #006600">"don't take that tone with me or i will show you how it's done."</span>he nodded to the others and then rolled his eyes.<span style="color: #006600">"relax Monia. we never expected your history to be squeaky clean."</span>he nodded and moved back to Kitori's side.<span style="color: #006600">"indeed, we should let them continue their work."</span><br/><br/>Sylavandra frowned a little and sipped her wine and her eyes drifted to an empty patch of floor as she thought. her eyes snapped back to him and she shook her head, sitting up a little as her relaxed demeanor vanished.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"being scared of the inevitable is futile and stupid. i am just weighing pros and cons in my decision making but i never said anything about Vincent."</span><br/><br/>"i said competent, not professional." he frowned as he listened to Louise and then nodded. "yeah, because the animals that walk in their own shit are in any way clean... germs is a catch all term for tens of thousands of tiny organisms that i have barely begun to categorize and study. i do know that only a tiny fraction of them make any one species sick. there are germs that make plants sick, germs that make birds sick or cats or dogs or people just everything... this isn't like doing normal dishes, they have to be super clean with very hot water and a lot of soap that then needs to be carefully rinsed off. i apologize for my lapse in hygiene. i have spent the better part of the last twelve years helping take care of a woman who couldn't walk more then five steps on her own and then three years ago a vile man threw a cripple down stone stairs and left her fully disabled in a wheel chair. her needs had to come first and then i took care of myself after but Ras here healed the woman i love so she doesn't need that care... i am incredibly grateful for the gift but it has disrupted all of my habits good and bad so i am trying to find a balance."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>