"I must agree with Sir... that is, with your companion," Alyssa finishes weakly. Adding Rihyan's name to her ever-growing mental list of concerns to be addresses, she continues. "If innocent lives are at risk, we should act now and save indulgences for later." Alyssa's face turns sour for a moment as Geno's obvious strain reminds her of how she was enjoying just such an indulgence when the dragon's life was in danger. She had no way of knowing at the time, but even so...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">How long do we really intend to wait for more responses? The shelter-making group currently includes Mindy, Rihyan, and Alyssa, and possibly Takal and Sashi. (I wasn't sure from their responses, but it sounded like both were interested.) Everyone with the exception of Kitts has been online since the question was posed, and could have volunteered by now if they were interested. I'm not going to deny Mindy her bath scene- Alyssa's certainly took long enough- but I think it would be better to handle a potential encounter first. ((Anyone can feel free to prove me wrong or disagree, of course...)<br/><br/><br/>Speaking of Kitts, has anyone been in contact with him recently? The last I heard was over a month ago, just after his house got flooded, and I'm beginning to wonder if something else happened...</div></div></div>