<strong>Manius escorts Livia from the sands and acknowledges that Matriana wishes to leave now</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd468/sybakrys/Amplus/article-1057070-050F37D70000044D-98_468x465.jpg)</div>While he waited for Livia to respond, he heard Matriana from the Balcony and by the looks of things she wished to leave, but before that she requested an audience with. Of course he would have to oblige but not after he had seen that the fighting was well on it way. As for the wound on his arm and the blood on his skin, the cleaning of both would have to wait as more demands on his time appeared before him. So off he went with Livia in tow to the balcony.<br/><br/>Along the way, he spotted the Guard Captain and within moments of them chatting he, unsatisfied as to why he had beaten on an innocent female slave, dismissed the man and sent him onto the street with nothing up the rags that were under his armour.<br/><br/>Sighing he returned to his journey to a now much emptier balcony. Matriana with Amplus and Marcus had departed to her room and Galo as well as Nadia seemed to be elsewhere. As for the Medicus and the Pict where had they gone? There was not time to find out these answers as below he observed that the Gladiators were moving to their stations. His champion, he assumed had already joined the sands but he could not see him as yet. Perhaps he was cleaning of the gold, he considered. So he waited for all to get in position before commanding them to begin.<br/>