For having to display his body towards normally Aulus would have kept calm and poised like a statue of flesh.  With the eyes of a woman upon him it created a wave of fluster and broke at his enduring calmness.  Every gaze, every sweep of examination by Livia became a giant stone weighted on his soul.  Combined with the dehydration it would be enough to make a normal man collapse from the pressure of her approval.  Aulus though still standing was not perfect in his current condition.  It would seem that her words held true when she first regarded his neck wound.  Indeed much blood had already fled his body through that very wound, and it was already beginning to weaken him.  For breath moments his vision began to lose focus as if his world was slowly falling away into a shadow that was his fatigue.  Mars help him should he collapse during the probe of Livia’s piercing eyes.<br/><br/>It was almost like being tortured but only harming oneself for the pride of being a Roman, and in front of a woman no doubt.  Aulus had probably no experience with women which would possibly explain his inability to look at her face, which only amplified his appeal the moment her fingers came in contact with his skin.  For Livia she would see a totally new part of the young soldier during her exposure to Aulus’ skin.  As predictable his face remained unable to make direct eye contact with her, but she could witness the redness in his cheeks to show much fluster, meaning that his blood had been and still remained boiled by the overwhelming stare of her observation.  His forehead, much like his body, began to perspired revealing droplets of sweat trailing down his face and below his neck giving a possible natural shine to his body with help from the sun of course.  His breathing was slow but Livia’s ears were as sharp as her eyes she could hear the faint sound of his lips desperately clinging to every breath.  The thought of those virgin lips clinging to her own would probably have consumed Livia’s fantasies if of course that was her focus.<br/><br/><strong>"Your wounds are vast, lie down so they can be tended too."</strong><br/><br/>Her words were kind and soothing to his ears, even despite is shy character.  His honor also dictated that he obeyed, after all it was as she said,<strong>"While you are under my roof Aulus Livius, I hold dominion over you." </strong>So long as he remained under her estate he was obligated to obey the rules and requests that she made.  He kept pace with Livia never to over step or drag her behind, a skill Aulus had perfected in the military.  Livia was kind though to be the guide to this escort, arriving next to the chaise.  She offered the seat to Aulus, which he kindly accepted, allowing his body to rest finally.<br/><br/>He made a note however to disarm himself of the weapon that he had wielded in the match resting it on the table next to the chaise. The whip uncoiled briefly finding one end wrapped around the leg of one of the tables.  A fearsome weapon it was, and at times bearing it’s own will.  With that done he watched as Livia approached the doors to find two of her servants just outside.  Perhaps their curiosity was encouraged them to listen in or perhaps even spy on what their master was doing.  Either way it was difficult to make out for Aulus, for when his body was at a rested position his fatigue only amplified leaving him unable to fully make out the words that Livia had spoken to towards her servants.<br/><br/>Before even being able to comprehend what was going Livia had already closed the doors and already had poured a liquid into a goblet.  What was this liquid?  Could it have been water?...Wine? It didn’t matter what it was frankly just so long as he was able to parch his lips with a liquid he was would be more then content.  Livia was quick then to move towards Aulus bestowing him the goblet with the clear liquid.   Despite his movements being a lot slower now that he was in a rested position he was successful to bring the goblet to his lips letting his feel water moisten his lips and once again restore the desert that was his body.<br/><br/>For the first time Livia got the opportunity to see a greedy Aulus as he consumed the liquid lacking in self control, making him finish the goblet in but a few seconds upon pressing the goblet to his lips.  When he was finished his breathing had already begun to improve and his body began to relax to the cooling sensation of the water.  A small smile curled at Aulus lips after receiving what he would determine as a gift from the gods passed to Livia to help him.  If that wasn’t enough, the woman also took the liberty to dampen a cloth to cool his forehead.  His eyes looked to her with shock if not awe at her, like a wolf cub to a parent.  She had done so much for him and all he had done was just deliver a message and nearly killed of her stock, leaving a trail of guilt and gratefulness.  Of course once he realized that this was a women he found attraction towards his cheeks once again returned to their embarrassed state, followed by his eyes trailing off as well.  No doubt he found attraction towards women but expressing it was a more difficult challenge the young man would need to learn.<br/><br/>“You gratitude will not go unnoticed, both Mars and I shall never forget your gracious actions.”<br/>