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"I can make it a bubble bath with some of Kero's special scents that you like to use. It will make you smell pretty." he calls back, waiting.

"Batten down the courses... there's a storm a blowing..." comes a merry sending broadcasted to those below.

Tam nods with a grin. "And help Bez move the furniture back will ye. He shouldn't be doing such things with his shoulder messed up as it is. I'm going to go fix the bath for her... good luck fetching her." he shakes his head and goes to the kitchen, filling the tub with water he's had warming by the fire and hanging the blanket across the door to keep it warm.

Tam has decided he'll let Kero handle things. One of the things Kero needed to learn was how to assert himself in a diplomatic manner. He was pretty good at asserting himself, true. but normally with an air of superiority that wouldn't work in this situation. Whistling a merry tune as he worked, he poured in Salunia's favorite bubble mixture and agitated the water until it was nice and foamy. Then he talked to the salamander in charge of the kitchen to see if he would keep the bath warm for her, unsure as to how long this might take.

So he goes into the living room and asks Fortuny if she heard anything.

"I don't know, m"Lady.... silence isn't always golden... Hope... can ye reach Kero.... Bez is blocking me?" he says in a puzzled voice.

Realizing that Bez is upset because Salunia is crying, Tam decides to go upstairs and lend a hand... or at least some moral support. So he ports upstairs and finds Bez, curled up into a tight miserable ball on the bed, trying his best not to grumble about the cub being upset. Kero is angrily putting the furniture to rights and Salunia is in the only free corner of the room, her nose to the wall, sniffling.

He stops by the bed first and gives Bez a wink. "Sorry, dulcha... but from what I heard, she had it coming."

Bez nods slowly in return. "That she did... she actually drew blood. Man, she must really hates baths... why?"

Tam shrugs. "Why not ask you herself. Kero hated it too when he was small. I think has to do with the tiny cuts a kid gets day in and day out and it stinging, but if they don't bath, these lions, unlike you and I, will pay for it. They excrete salt like no tomorrow and it will irritate their skin as it get crusted into their fur." says Tam outloud, going to kneel by Salunia. "Young Lady, are you ready to surrender now, or is this going to get uglier?" he asks in a gentle tease.

Tam snatches at her paw and holds it in a tight firm grip. "For that, you get no bed time story." he says sadly. "I was trying to make this a happier experience for you, dearling... but since you won't listen, it is going to be a down and out fight... and I never lose... ask Kero."

Tam starts to nod, then pauses. "If you go down right now and no more fighting, I might be willing to tell ye one.... but you act up any more and it's straight to bed from the bath for ye... understand?"