Marcus began to move his claws down Rhiga's back, rubbing and massaging it, letting his claws move in circles, as he did, he felt the knots in her back start too release. " You have a lot of stress built up..' He said.
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Minna grabbed a bucket and went over to to the edge of the village, towards the river bank. She saw Marcus and Rhiga in the water, thinking it was best not to disturb them, she moved a distance away. Throwing off her top and loincloth , she waded into the water, and felt the makeup, which she had spent close to an hour putting on, wash off. She shivered. " Geez this water is cold, but it feels good to clean up nonetheless' She said to herself, dumping bucketfuls of water on her head. After about fidteen minutes. he finished, scooped up a fresh bucket of water, and waded to the shore, where she quickly redressed and headed into the village to find the others. She met Ilsa and Margas first, who were haggling with a village female over the price of food, in particular, grapes. ' Here's some water in case you need to clean up" Minna said, setting the bucket down. ' Margas turned to her,m nodded then turned back to the villager. " Fine, we'll pay your price!' He said reaching into a pouch at his waist and pulling out a number of coins, and tossing them to her.