User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-25808351-20180124030225/@comment-28358106-20180202142551

Lucida starts when she hears Adelhard speak. She looks to him, her mouth hanging open slightly, the shock clear on her face, but she quickly covers her mouth with the back of a hand as she blushes, trying to hide her surprise. Likewise, Marcus hears tiny gasps from where Aurum and Aegis are hiding, but by the time he looks over, they've ducked back around the corner. The moment does not, however, last long.

"What would I say to this?  I would say you have 'more than liked' many before her," Tirush says bluntly, her eyes boring into Adelhard. The end of her tail begins flipping slightly, patting Thomas' lap.

"What do you mean by that?" Thomas' brow furrows as he looks at her, beding over her tail as he leans forward to set his cup down.

"It is as I said before, Danthe," she answers, matter-of-factly. "It is his smell.  He reeks of a hundred females.  He smells of the dark houses, covered in soft things and the air heavy with the stench of mating, where worthless women sell their bodies as meat." Her tone is even, but Marcus can sense her belligerence rising. Her mantle begins to prickle and her blood begins to course.

"Is that so?" Thomas turns back and looks at Adelhard. He doesn't look upset, but he clearly is going to get to the bottom of things.

"I'm not one to cast aspersions on my wife's judgement, Adelhard.  So are there any hobbies you want to tell us about?"

Both Adelhard's statement and Tirush's revelation seem to take a bit of a mental toll on Lucida, who says nothing, but looks down at the ground, her eyes wide as she clasps all four hands together.