Tia was somewhat taken by the huge statue.  She'd seen statues like this in shonite temples, but this was here, in the middle of town, and so large.  She thought that it certainly was inspired by her goddess, though not necessarily representative of Shoni herself.  Maybe it was supposed to be representative of a shonite priestess, or just of the faith itself?  It certainly seemed to her to be so.  She thought about commenting on it to Cerys, but was distracted by the sounds of passion in public as well.  Even those she didn't see she could almost sense.  Dark alleys practically oozed primal power and passion, well maintained and manicured shrubbery seemed to shimmer with glowing heat of primal power, like a road on a hot day.  It was wonderful.  Tia wondered if there was a weak point in this valley between the material plane and the primal, for certainly the mores and taboos here seemed much more in line with Shonite thinking than what she was used to seeing in most of the world.  She loved it.<br/><br/>She had to nod her head when Cerys asked if she thought it was beautiful.  It was, and that was without a doubt.  But at the same time she wondered about the blantant sexuality of the place.  Again she feared the influence of Ah'mie and her followers, who were usually far more crass than Shonites, using sex as a weapon.  Still she wasn't about to judge the tastes of the artist who'd created this sexual collossus, it was beautiful, even if a bit explicit.  Yet despite her misgivings, as they entered the sounds of the harp seemed to instantly put her mind at ease.  So much so that to the point when she saw the golden fountain she couldn't help but find herself smiling, and a small part of her wanted to go over and drink directly from the fountain's arcing plume of water.  She of course resisted.<br/><br/><strong>"Thank you,"</strong>she said to the woman she would later learn was named very similar to her own name,<strong>"It is a wonderful place and I am glad to be here.  I can feel the goddesses touch upon it and it gladdens my heart to be here."</strong>She noticed the bowl for donations, and reached back to her tiny coin purse.  The one advantage to having a magical coin purse, laden with extra-dimensional space that caused the pouch to weigh almost nothing no matter the coins it contained, was that magic that was usually an advantage was sometimes a disadvantage.  When reaching into the coin purse, it would put into her palm whatever coins she desired that were in it's depths.  However there were times she simply wanted a handful of coins, and that wasn't possible.  The magic of the pouch wouldn't understand 'a random handful of coins' if she thought it.  She had to actively think of how much a wonderful place like this might cost.  She'd heard that luxury inns might charge as much as a few gold a night.  But based on what Cerys told her earlier, they may take more or less.  'Three gold coins' she thought as her fingers dipped into the pouch.  Returning them she dropped the coins into the bowl and tried to gauge the woman's reaction, had it been too few, to much?<br/><br/>She listened intently as the woman, Lia, described what the location offered, and the sounds of laughter and moaning caused her nethers to tingle slightly, wanting to join them right away.  The wonderful scents of the place made her quite pleased as well.  Lavender, rose water, but below all that the unmistakable scent of sex.  Countless hours of fucking had happened inside these walls.  It was the most 'at home' Tia had felt in weeks.  If she could be honest with herself she was looking forwards to saying her morning prayers with Cerys and that glorious cock in the lovely bed.  But when she suggested a soak in the springs, Tia could only nod enthusiastically.<br/><br/><strong>"I have a simple spell that can be used to clean my body, wonderful for travel, but no comparison to a hot soak.  Plus if we're alone and it's a bit private i can tell you more about my quest."</strong>She paused and added,<strong>"And if it's not private and there are others in the springs, maybe we could find something else interesting to occupy our time as well."</strong>She added a sly wink and a smile.