Freud|Sensatia

[Darastrix]

"So did mine," Nathan replied before he could stop himself. Well, it was technically true.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you, Etaf?" he thought silently with an inward groan. Nathan felt quite thankful that the hot water had him very relaxed.

"She could be a very demanding Mistress," he said aloud, "but she was also quite fond of all of us and never hesitated to let us know it."

[Kender Bard]

"That's good," Mina said simply with a fond grin. "There's nothing better than a good mentor-student relationship. I only hope someday when I'm older I will be able to take some nice child under my wing." She sighed and added ruefully, "Though there's not much glamor in admitting you spend all day long checking books for worms and water damage."

[Darastrix]

"I've never really thought about it," Nathan said. "But I doubt I could be a Master the way Milday was Mistress to us."

[Kender Bard]

"What do you aspire towards, then?" Mina inquired, moving about in the water, swirling it with her hands. "Or are you happy with your current position? I would like to become a sermon priestess someday."

[Darastrix]

"I want to be Talen'sul's next Maestro," Nathan said decisively. "That's as high as you can go in the guild."

[Kender Bard]

"That sounds nice!" Mina exclaimed quietly. "I bet you'd make a wonderful Maestro. That must mean you get to perform at all the finest places, correct? I admit I am sorely lacking in knowledge on how your guild works, but that would seem to make the most sense...? The most powerful bard gets his pick of places to play?"

[Darastrix]

"There's that," he agreed. "And you're in charge of the entire college--the guild and the school." Actually, the administration aspect of the position didn't appeal to Nathan at all, but, well, it was something to work for.

[Kender Bard]

"As if you didn't have enough work," Mina noted, half admonishing him and half teasing. "I wouldn't have thought you'd want to pile on more." After a moment she pushed away from the wall she was resting against and came to settle next to him. "But if that is what you truly want, then I wish the very best of luck in achieving it."

[Darastrix]

"Cass, our current Maestra, manages well," Nathan murmured. "Actually, she's in the office as little as possible and seems to have a good bit of free time." He didn't add that Maestra Harper wasn't anywhere near the perfectionist that he was.

[Kender Bard]

Cheered, Mina concluded, "You'll be fine, then. Where would you like to go next?" She fidgeted again, the water feeling a little closer to simply warm now that she'd been in it for a long enough time.

[Darastrix]

"Hmm, I picked the hot spring. You should pick next," Nathan said, sitting upright and running a hand back through his damp hair. "What do you want to do?" He flexed his wings slightly, sighing as he found he could move them without feeling much of the tension that had been there before.

[Kender Bard]

"Considering how wet you are, perhaps we should go out to a public bench, or a park, and allow you to sun yourself," Mina giggled, and started to climb out of the water. To her delight, towels were already in the room and she snatched up one in haste.

[Darastrix]

Nathan chuckled deeply and nodded, standing up in the pool and fanning his feathers out so that the water dripped out of them and back into the pool before climbing out himself. "I can use some wind to help me dry off a bit outside, too." He picked up a towel and turned to give Mina a bit of privacy while she dried herself and redressed.

[Kender Bard]

Once they were ready, Mina led the way through the streets until coming upon a quiet, serene public garden setting. Benches were placed decoratively around trees, though most of the garden was filled with flowers and small, pretty pools of water. "This is delightful!" Mina cooed, taking a seat that was in the most direct amount of sunlight. Looking into the water, she gave a surprised gasp. "There's fish in there! Orange ones."

[Darastrix]

Nathan smiled at her delight and perched beside Mina to look into the pool as well. "I never thought the Minds would have such a pretty city," he said, fanning his wings out to dry. "Or have things like hot springs and masseuses. I'd kind of imagined it as having mostly libraries and the like."