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"Tired, huh... well maybe ye should get to bed early tonight. We can get that parchment tomorrow. Or maybe ye can go into the stationer's by yerself to get it. You won't be grounded anymore. It will be good exercise. Tell ye what, ye need to go see Brother Mica and Shar anyway. They've both asked to see ye before ye return to classes. Shar just wants to give ye a once over, the make sure ye didn't so any lasting harm with that mining stunt of yers, digging up that gem for Hope. Brother Mica has suggestions for new class work. That's what we were talking about the other morning. I think he wants to teach you a bit himself, though what about, I certainly have no idea."

He sits there rubbing the cub's ears wondering about the things that have happened over the past few days and all the secrets he and Hopian had been forced to reveal. He trusted Mica to hold them securely to his heart, but even just the knowledge of some of those things would put the elderly priest in harm's way. For if Bez found out all the man knew about Talesian, he might be encouraged to do something awful in the misguided effort to protect his swedh's secrets.

With a chuckle, Tam sits him on his lap and gives him a hug. "Heh, yer getting a bit big fer this ye know... put on a few more pounds and I'm gonna start to have to make ye get in yer own chair." But it is obvious he enjoys having the cub on his lap. He rubs the cat's stomach and holds him close.

Chuckling deep in his throat, Tam gives him a good back scratching as well, running his fingers through the soft dark fur and finding all the special spots the cub loved to have seen to. "Ye know... it's not too late to go to the public baths and I could use a good soak, how about ye?" he suddenly suggests, finding a crusty patch of skin.

Laughing, Tam snatches up his hat, shoves it on his head and follows him to the baths. "So..." he says catching up with him just outside the door. "Shall we splurge on a private bath or join everyone in the public one. Hope left us with a bit of cash and I feel like spending a bit of it."

Tam comes up sputtering and laughing a short distance away.

One nice thing about having their cottage in a tourist town was that the baths, even the common ones, were rather lavish and somewhat large, meant more for soaking and relaxing in groups than individual bathing. Soaping up and rinsing off as a requirement before their use and since they were spring fed, they were warm year round, their temperatures controlled by the amount of steaming spring water ye fed into the pool with a small sluice at one end. Water that overflowed the smaller more private pools was directed off to flow under the floors of the establishment, warming the and keeping the establishment comfortable, even during the coldest days of winter.

"Stinker..." growls Tam reaching out and snagging his tail pulling him gently toward him. He picks him up and tosses him a few feet away making Kero laugh heartily and beg for more.

Taking care not to toss im too far, the pool may be larger than a bathtub but it's still rather small for a swimming pool, Tam repeatedly tosses the cub until he is showling signs of getting tired. Then he begs off and goes to sit on one of the submerged benches built into the side of the pool. Leaning back he closes his eyes with a heartfelt sigh. "Could be a little warmer..." he mutters to no one in particular.

Tam cracks an eye lid and smiles at the cub. "Thanks, Taro... all that flying around in the rain has left me rather stiff. I should have done this earlier, but I wanted to make sure ye were done with that letter first."

Tam rubs it contentedly and then just rest his hand there while he himself soaks in the heat. His shoulders are itching. He hadn't used his true wings in so long that he had forgotten how hard it was to keep them hidden, once he had finally gotten them fully suppressed. Rolling over he begs the cub to rub them down a bit, hoping that it will ease the itch as well. "How bad does it look, kid... can i do without a shirt in public, enough to bathe... or do I have to give up on public bathing and just clean up at home?"