Tehr rest a hand on her as she began to clean up and said, "Please allow me,"  then whispering a few words of arcane power completed the cantrip he knew for this exact scenario.  "Easy clean" was a simple variation on the mending cantrip and in a moment the sexual juices, sweat, and any other uncleanliness that was on their bodies, lifted off them and vanished into the air.  It would do nothing for any soreness that she was likely feeling.  Though that might be soemthing she'd prefer.<br/><br/>"Let me just say that I'd be quite pleased to visit you at your ancestral lands, though the soonest I could get away from Londinium wouldn't be until a few days after the ball at the earliest.  I've other..."  hes sighed as eh thought about his sister, "...duties that must be attended too."<br/><br/>He smiled at her, "Though the idea of getting out of town on a short vacation afterwards is more than greatly pleasing."<br/><br/>He stood up and began to dress, "as to an 'extended' visit, I simply meant that I couldn't stay more than a few hours.  I wasn't suggesting anything more than that.  Even an overnight stay would be very difficult right now."  Tehr's mind went to the blue magic spellbook locked in his desk drawer.   As pleasant as this was, it wasn't going to decode itself.<br/><br/>Pulling his shirt on he said, "Oh, and while it's been quite a few years, I've had my mother catch me dallying with serving girls in the past.  Yes it's embarrassing for you, but I suggest you try not to let it bother you too much.  I don't know your mother, but she didn't seem overly offended."<br/><br/>Pulling his pants on, he sat on one of the two medium chairs and asked, "But, I did come here for a little business as well, and I must ask before I can leave.  Does House Ravos have official ties to other houses?  And would you be open to a political alliance?  I'm going to try to build a small power base of the weaker houses so that we wont' be able to be pushed around by the larger ones like Dale.  I needed to know of your interest in joining an unofficial alliance behind me and Wynt."<br/><br/>He'd stressed the word unofficial, a press for any sort of actual affiliation at this point would be met with stone walling at best, and a refusal at worst.   But an unofficial alliance could often be just as strong, but gave both partners flexibility.  It was the kind of thing that would benefit both houses, unless Ravos was already pledged to one of Wynt's enemies.  But Tehr doubted that was the case.<br/>