Mac took the child and Al through corridors made of marble and stone. Delicate and etheral so different to the dark, dang world Hawken brought them from.

The quarters themselves were filled with light.With gentle soft comfortable furnishings. Each place had it's own private hot spring sunken bath, closed away from the rest of the living rooms. It was obvious as Mac entered the room, and Bella cheerifully skipped into the area set aside for her, she had been there before.

Mac turned to Al, still not quite sure what to say to him.

"The bathing room is that way." He pointed. "Do you need some food?"