Tehr listened to Christina as she followed him into his bedroom, seemingly unconcerned for his privacy.  Well, it wasn't like they had much they kept from each other any more, and she hadn't seen him in almost a week.  No doubt she wanted to keep the conversation going.  Without a further thought to it, he began to strip down and move to the wardrobe to pick out fresh clothing.  Standing nude, he began the slower process of casting the prestidigitation cantrip to clean his body.  Of course it wasn't quite as effective as actually taking a bath, and far less pleasurable, but it was quicker, and he didn't want to intrude upon Carolyn if she was still in the bath.  Tehr listened and nodded when appropriate, focusing on keeping the spell going as it lifted and removed dirt and sweat and the grime of the road from his body.  Finally, as Christina finished he'd finished his spell.  He noticed how she'd watched him as he had cleaned, and for a moment he considered taking the time to throw her on the bed and show her what she'd been missing over the last few days that he'd been gone.  But no, he didn't want to keep Rosalyn waiting, and if he wasn't willing to take the time to bathe properly, he wasn't going to take the time to nail his sister.<br/><br/>Well, there'd be time for that later, especially the way she was gazing at him.<br/><br/>He began to get dressed and said,<strong> "I think you might find that if our houses move forwards, joining Hesfal to Wynt, via marriage to you and Alex, you'll find the interest from such less than desirable types waning a little bit.  Of course, you're a beautiful woman, so you'll probably attract a different type of attention.  Married men who want something more discreet.  But I'm certain you can handle such things, just as you've handled the strutting peacocks."</strong><br/><br/>He shrugged into a robe, covering his light skinned form and the undergarments he'd donned.<strong> "As for the dryad, I admit, I feel trepidation as well as excitement.  The speed at which the seed planted in the wilds behind our family estate grew led me to believe it would be full grown in a week or less.  It was truley astounding to watch living plant sculpt and shift and expand right before my eyes.  As to what it might mean for this house, I don't know.  The spirit of the dryad said that she and her sister were entwined, as well as linked to both nature as well as the energy of this place, of Hewthrone Halle I mean.  Concerning is the fact that they said they would be able to travel between their two 'homes'.  I did a little research in father's library, while he had a fair bit of old tomes regarding the fey, I don't know the accuracy or veracity of them.  Still my research seemed to suggest that dryads were always linked to their tree, bound to it, that they could usually not travel too far from their chosen home.  I found no reference of joined dryads, or dryads who could move between two locations.  Certainly it might be that the books were old, or that the authors had never come across such a situation before.  But I also have to consider that the primal magic I wield, and their exposure to it for weeks in my workshop somehow warped their natural state.  Is this a good thing or ill? I don't know and obviously hope for the former, not the latter.  Maybe it isn't even a dryad anymore in the most classic sense, but something different."</strong><br/><br/>He buttoned up his robes and stretched out one hand, his staff magically appearing in it instantly.  With a gesture for Christina to proceed him out of the bedroom to go to find the elven noble, he continued.<strong>They say that Kobolds were once far less intelligent then their dim state currently.  They were smaller, more animal like, but that in some ancient age the great dragons uplifted the creatures to serve.  Maybe these dryads represent something similar.  Not to say that dryads themselves aren't intelligent.  But there are legends of dryads falling in love with mortals and keeping them as spouses and lovers for years.  If primal magic is related to sex, what sort of 'upliftment' might these dryad 'sisters' show that is different than the normal fey creatures that they came from?"</strong><br/><br/>He felt a slight stirring in his loins as he pondered the curiosity but shook it off,<strong>"In any regard, my deepest hope is that Mother Dryad takes no offense to this development, and understands that I had no conscious say in the matter.  Still, if they are her children... which I don't know for certain.  I honestly have no idea if these dryads are related to her other than by species..."</strong>Tehr trailed off as he thought about the idea of an angry mother in law dryad and totally lost his train of thought.<strong>"Anyways...."</strong><br/><br/>He cleared his throat,<strong>"Lets go find Rosalyn."</strong>