"Good girl. And yes, yes it is important to be properly clean... why do you ask? Is there an aspect to the bathing that makes you more apprehensive than the ceremony itself?"<br/><br/>I chuckle, releasing her, before leading her to the fine tapestry. I then lift it carefully, inviting Lelika forward before lowering it behind us and opening the door to the bathroom.<br/><br/>It is not a large room, certainly, but it definitely suffices. There is a separate room off to the side, with a door, for relieving oneself, with a grated pipe and buckets of water and oil to properly wash waste away - to keep the area clean and hygienic. But of the bathroom itself, there is a silver mirror, and a large tub, one filled with water and designed to hold two people. It can be heated - albeit slowly - by igniting coal in a chamber beneath it, the smoke being carried up small tubes to leave via a chimney system in the temple.<br/><br/>There are also several jars of oil and perfumes and scents. Even spices and powders, along with regular soap bars, some soft cloths, and hard scrubbing brushes. There are also, of course, towels. Stepping in, I strip my simple robes off and drop them into a wicker basket, before inviting Lelika to do the same with hers. I wait for her to finish so I can truly look over her body, and invite her to step into the water.<br/><br/>"Come, let us bathe together, and wash one another. And I shall remove your lower hair. For the record... after this day, you will be expected to maintain a smoothness down there. I recognise it is not wild and untamed, so either you keep it neat or you just do not grow much... maybe inherited from your elven side? But it is required that you be smooth for me. If in future there is hair there, I will shave it, but I will also beat the area with a razor strop, and not gently I assure you.<br/><br/>So come, let us step into the water."