. getting naked.”It was Sophia’s turn to almost flinch. Her eyes snapped up to his face. She realized now why he had felt uncomfortable, earlier. ...��Oh,” she finally said. “Sorry. I really wasn’t ... I mean, I didn’t think of that. This.” Her eyes dropped down on the last word, to his lap, and back up again quickly.“It’s OK, Sophia. Really. I’m not mad. How could I be mad? Of course you can look. It’s natural curiosity.”That was sufficient permission for her to recover from her nervousness. She. For the briefest moment, instead of well-disciplined men at arms in bright tabards he saw leering, sinewy monsters snarling and crouching. It was only a moment, and when he looked again he saw his men once more.The pressure in his head increased. He shook it hard, trying to clear his thoughts. Some foul illusion, designed to demoralise his forces. It would not work. He looked up at Guiot and snarled “Slay the witch!”Guiot gave a grim nod, set his lance, and charged towards the elf. Two dozen. It's sunny, it's morning, the place should be closed and empty. Maybe that's why she invited me here ... I'm still thinking, when the door swings open, automatic lock. I enter, looking around, and I ask timidly "Is anyone there?"The place is dark, the shutters are down and is lit only by a dim candlelight. I look around and enter, receiving no response, hearing no sound beyond my footsteps. The door closes behind me, and when I turn quickly to look at it, a person slips behind me. I gasp, I. When her head finally popped out of the water a good distance from where she had begun, he frowned with surprise. She treated the water as if it were a natural element for her to play in."You called?" Her voice echoed across the open water."What in the name of Areseric are you doing?" He stopped just short of entering the water."You can't mean to tell me, you have never seen a woman swim?" Swim?" A look of puzzlement was clear on his face."Yes. A body gets in the water, picks up their feet and.