Avicia had heard Viserys ask that she be treated as well as his sister but she had not expected to be given such breathtaking chambers or to have two women escorting her to the bathing room. She could not help but feel strange since she’d never had such a thing as a handmaiden before or two handmaidens for that matter but was still pleased nonetheless and could not help but smile when her eyes took in the sight of a large bejeweled bath, five times the size of any she had seen before.
To her it seemed large enough to drown in.
“Are you sure this is the correct room?” She asked with a hint of confusion, looking at the ashy haired woman to her left then to the steam rising from the bath in thick tendrils resembling smoke. “Shouldn't I be somewhere...smaller?” …show more content…
She did not like the feeling of her skin being bared to the world, not in front of other women and certainly not in front of men; she covered her vital parts with her hands as she hurried towards the bath and climbed in, sinking deep into the hot water and releasing a long, steamy breath. What she had not been able to see through the perfume dimmed water was the small shelf she quickly found herself sitting on, it was unlike any bath she had previously used and curiously explored the shelf with her hand, wondering how whether or not it stretched around the whole bath.
“Is the water to your liking, my Lady?” The other girl asked, she was the same height and nearly the same age as Avicia but looked very different with olive skin, dark eyes and black ink etched deep into the skin below her eyes, taking on the form of tears.
“If feels wonderful,” Avicia smiled warmly as she looked up at the woman, trying to put a name to the cultural look she wore. “Where are you from, I've read of the marks on your face before? Are you a
To her it seemed large enough to drown in.
“Are you sure this is the correct room?” She asked with a hint of confusion, looking at the ashy haired woman to her left then to the steam rising from the bath in thick tendrils resembling smoke. “Shouldn't I be somewhere...smaller?” …show more content…
She did not like the feeling of her skin being bared to the world, not in front of other women and certainly not in front of men; she covered her vital parts with her hands as she hurried towards the bath and climbed in, sinking deep into the hot water and releasing a long, steamy breath. What she had not been able to see through the perfume dimmed water was the small shelf she quickly found herself sitting on, it was unlike any bath she had previously used and curiously explored the shelf with her hand, wondering how whether or not it stretched around the whole bath.
“Is the water to your liking, my Lady?” The other girl asked, she was the same height and nearly the same age as Avicia but looked very different with olive skin, dark eyes and black ink etched deep into the skin below her eyes, taking on the form of tears.
“If feels wonderful,” Avicia smiled warmly as she looked up at the woman, trying to put a name to the cultural look she wore. “Where are you from, I've read of the marks on your face before? Are you a