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Water splashed and ran as Josephine rose naked from the tub and reached for a towel. Backstage costume changes and the close quarters of the wagons had stamped out body prudery years ago. She automatically swept the bath and the room beyond with a look, comparing what she saw against her memory, a habit as automatic as breathing, before toweling off her knife. Evie stood three steps into the room on the marble tile, her bare cat feet silent where a human’s would not. Other than that, everything else seemed as she left it.<br><br> | Water splashed and ran as Josephine rose naked from the tub and reached for a towel. Backstage costume changes and the close quarters of the wagons had stamped out body prudery years ago. She automatically swept the bath and the room beyond with a look, comparing what she saw against her memory, a habit as automatic as breathing, before toweling off her knife. Evie stood three steps into the room on the marble tile, her bare cat feet silent where a human’s would not. Other than that, everything else seemed as she left it.<br><br> | ||
− | “People eat.” Josephine spared the girl a glance and a smile before calmly drying off, her dark hair shedding water down her back. “Everywhere. It’s one of the universals that | + | “People eat.” Josephine spared the girl a glance and a smile before calmly drying off, her dark hair shedding water down her back. “Everywhere. It’s one of the universals that tie us together, whether you are a native of darkest Africa or a banker from Stockholm. It’s practically a guaranteed demilitarized zone, though not always. I think I read somewhere that one of the Khans of Mongolia killed all his rivals by having them to dinner.”<br><br> |
Evie didn't spare any real thought for Josephine's nudity, other than a brief burst of irrational jealousy at Josephine's more rounded figure. Nudity aside, the short one word answer pretty much confirmed what Evie thought. When you got close to someone, that's when a man would sweep in and change it all.<br><br> | Evie didn't spare any real thought for Josephine's nudity, other than a brief burst of irrational jealousy at Josephine's more rounded figure. Nudity aside, the short one word answer pretty much confirmed what Evie thought. When you got close to someone, that's when a man would sweep in and change it all.<br><br> |