"I can't decide if I should be mad at you or not. I'll let it slide, this time," she says, with a slight scowl, as she adjusts herself more comfortably on his lap. "And, no, no other plans," she says, with a soft purr.<br/><br/>Three months later, and there have been some serious signs of progress, amongst his companions. However, his normal day is interrupted, when Bastetta makes her way into the domain, followed closely by her love interest, the jeweler's apprentice, now journeyman, both of them looking frightened, and exhausted from running. "Draiss! HELP! We were attacked!"