[CupcakeDolly]

When Rue slipped into the hot water - and she was immensely pleased that it was hot, and not simply warm - she felt months of grime immediately begin to wash away. She had done well without the comfort of bathing every few days like she had her whole life long, but the messy fight from the night before had sent her over the edge of discomfort.

She let out a moan when she was completely immersed in the bath, and it immediately became difficult for her to remember that she only had so long before the trace amounts of poison would begin her discomfort all over again. She began washing herself, reveling in the sensation of having clean skin once more. Allowing herself a fleeting vision of grandeur, she wondered if she would be able to spoil herself with hot baths in her future home.

Feeling curious, since she didn't know the man well enough and felt it necessary to do so if she were to continue traveling with him, Rue peeked carefully at Lev's thoughts. Immediately, she clasped a hand over her mouth and began to laugh at what she saw, the noise starting as a snicker and increasing to ringing tones that could be heard throughout the building. The action hurt her throat, but simultaneously felt almost as good as the bath, and Rue didn't stop for quite a while, finding it hard to stand up and leave while she was still laughing.