User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-25808351-20180124030225/@comment-28358106-20180304023910

"...And this is the volume set I got from the Reptile Kingdom when the King invited us to go on vacation there.  I'v never been able to so much as read the first four volumes, but the King was kind enough to have them copied for me so I wouldn't have to keep visiting the Royal Library all the time."

Lucida has taken Adelhard up to her room after a short tour of the downstairs. She's shown the usual: the dining room, oversized and large to accommodate larger Mamono; the Bath, the huge communal bath pool where they help bathe Antoinette and Tirush; the kitchen, lovingly cluttered amd obviously the studio of a well-learned pair of cooks. He is shown the dry basement, and the sub-basement, where the wine and cold foods are kept, and even beyond that, the root cellar, where a Frost Glyph keeps it at arctic temperatures for frozen foods.

They have yet to see the vast Herpetarium, where Aurora is, or the den, or Thomas' study or lab. And she definitely gabe a wide berth to Gemmi's "play area." For now, Lucida shows Adelhard the things she thinks he won't be weirded out by.

She pauses and turns, giving him a sheepish look. In her room, they are surrounded by stacks of books, natural specimens, glass displays, and very little floor space to navigate on because of it.

"I-I'm sorry things are such a mess.  I s-should probably clean them.  It, I mean.  My room, but I a-also mean the cages."

She seems to be getting the hang of being around him, but he can't help but notice that she hets more nervous when they make eye contact.

"To the house, yes, but not in.  Up.  Partha has gotten too dirty, too much mud on her.  She will need to be cleaned before I shall allow her to see Danthe inside."

She gestures up with a wing, to the top of the rookery. "Go, Partha, and heat the basin.  I will be behind you, so be quick."

Partha pulls away from Marcus and gives him a smile. She was obviously waiting to see how long he would scratch her head before quitting. Turning with a skip, she takes off into the air, flying up to the top of the tower.

"Join us if you wish.  The way up is there, on the other side."

With that, Tirush takes off and follows Partha to the top of the tower.