"Thank you, your majesty, for your kindness."<br/><br/>Bowing one more time, Takuma followed after Mika, ignoring the student teacher as he did so.  Given how short things had been, Takuma doubted anyone had been in any real distress, but it didn't hurt to verify it with his own eyes.  Entering the dungeon, Takuma looked at the other prisoners impassively, noting the conditions they were in.  Luckily, when the soldier brought out the group, they didn't look much worse than before.<br/>"Turns out it might not be as bad as our first impression.  Queen was nice: listened to what happened and seems pretty welcoming."<br/><br/>Takuma didn't say much beyond that, simply following after the soldier who led them to their rooms.  Taking the room beside Laina's, Takuma turned to Rika before entering.<br/>"I'm taking a bath, you should too."<br/>Shutting the door behind him, Takuma looked around the room, noting that it was probably better than what random travelers deserved.  The bed seemed fancy and was probably really good for the sort of time period that they were in.<br/><br/>Going to the bath, Takuma casually dumped his clothes on the ground before stepping into the water, looking around one more time to make sure he was alone.  Almost immediately after he sat down in the tub, he began to tremble, the tension flowing out of him.  Closing his eyes, Takuma tightly hugged himself as he tried to get himself under control.  He was finally able to give into the shock and stress, shaking like a newborn as he began to hyperventilate.  Quite frankly, he was terrified and utterly lost as to where they were and what would happen next.  Where they going to be stuck here?  How would they live if they were?  Would he be able to see his parents again?  Takuma and Rika had stayed behind while his parents moved due to a job transfer, but there had been the possibility of seeing them.  Now, now it was completely uncertain.<br/><br/>Eventually, the tremors subsided and he took calm, deep breaths.  Pushing his negative thoughts aside for now, Takuma began to wash away the days hardships.  He needed to focus if he was going to meet with the Queen again.