While Sefii was gathering items, he lay there on the cusions, thinking about what had happened. A naga, one of the most dangerous creatures he had ever known, had eaten him, and gladly let him out, and now he was going to be cleaned up by him too? This was too unreal. Jace sat still as the naga wiped over him with the cloth, cleaning off all of the saliva and other slime attached to him, until he was completely cleaned off and as good as when he was first approaching the river.<br/><br/>"Listen..." he said softly. "I'm really sorry about before, when I said that- that I loved you. I- I don't know why I said that. I guess because I thought I was going to die, and I just wanted to say that to somebody, once, before I can never do it again." Jace turned his head away softly. "I'm sorry if it made you uncomfortable."