"Just give me time," Niassa repeated, leaning back into Rose's ministrations.  "This is not the barracks, you are not soldiers, and I am no longer...of the Brigade.  I just have much to unlearn.  Old habits, long ingrained, no longer needed."<br/><br/>She hissed as Rose found a good spot, shut her eyes.<br/><br/>"A little time," she repeated once more, sounding as if she were relaxing between the Fen-mink's touch and the hot water.  "I do not mind<em>watching</em>," she added after a moment, a hint of a laugh finally coming through.