Dark and dangerous lurk beneath it's surface. Orc parties are raiding village after village along the Widow's Coast, noblemen poison, scheme and assas...inate each other in their eternal game of power with little care for the common folk, anti-magic zealotry is growing to a fever pitch, the slave trade is alive and well in the Malenkii Empire especially for beautiful lithe elven women and there are whispers of necromancers brewing plagues and raising skeletal armies under the shadow of Ebony. .. ?" he walked over to her, looking down at her with concern."Liz, what's wrong?" he asked, as tears spilled down her cheeks."I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come, not when you're ... when you have enough on your plate right now..." She stammered, turning to leave.He reached out and held her arm, preventing her from leaving, and instead led her to the couch and sat her down."Talk to me. What's going on?" he asked, sitting down beside her. She was shaking her head as the tears continued to fall.. I had not even seen mom nude in years, and being naked together with her was something I definitely wasn’t used to.“Come on, there’s only five minutes of water” mom urged me, dropping the first coin in the timer. Reluctantly I took off my clothes and stepped towards mom, covering my shame as much as possible with my hands. She pulled me with her under the nice warm spray of water, and let her hands roam over my neck and back. She was washing me as well as giving a little massage.Then she turned. Thank you very much, Akane-san!" Ritsuko said, simply gushing her gratitude as she gave a short bow."It was no trouble at all. Enjoy the rest of your lunch." Akane said, not only to the rep but to all the others who had paid attention to the exchange. They all gave their versions of thanks before Akane came over to Hiroshi's little group."You're not switching sides now are you Daiki-kun?" She joked, a pleasant smile on her face."Haha, no nothing like that Akane-san." Daiki said, blushing a.