"Sleep on the ground, if you want," Lenore says, aware enough of what the problem is. She's always lived in luxury--her miseries have never been miseries of deprivation. "This is your room."
She goes first to the wall adjoining her own room and draws aside one of the heavy tapestries to show a door hidden behind it. "This door stays unlocked. It goes through to my room. You may enter my room at any time you please, unless I specifically instruct otherwise on a particular occasion." Lenore's brand of diplomacy has often included an intimate touch. "It goes the other way around, also. I'll assume I can enter your room at any time except on occasions which you specifically request some hours of privacy."
Crossing the room, she gestures idly at the closed curtains. "There's a shared balcony outside which connects over to my room. Given how many of us can fly, I recommend keeping the balcony doors locked when not in use."
Finally, on the opposite side of the room, she opens a door into a spacious bathroom, instructing Gideon to go in and close the curtains again. The bathroom is on a corner, with views from the tub looking out across the mountains. "In that closet is a seat where you can piss and shit and then press the lever and it's all washed away. This tap," she crosses to the sink and turns the knob to show how it works, "provides cold water for washing your face and hands. The large tub is for bathing, this knob brings cold water and this knob brings hot water. It's carried around the castle in pipes."
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She goes first to the wall adjoining her own room and draws aside one of the heavy tapestries to show a door hidden behind it. "This door stays unlocked. It goes through to my room. You may enter my room at any time you please, unless I specifically instruct otherwise on a particular occasion." Lenore's brand of diplomacy has often included an intimate touch. "It goes the other way around, also. I'll assume I can enter your room at any time except on occasions which you specifically request some hours of privacy."
Crossing the room, she gestures idly at the closed curtains. "There's a shared balcony outside which connects over to my room. Given how many of us can fly, I recommend keeping the balcony doors locked when not in use."
Finally, on the opposite side of the room, she opens a door into a spacious bathroom, instructing Gideon to go in and close the curtains again. The bathroom is on a corner, with views from the tub looking out across the mountains. "In that closet is a seat where you can piss and shit and then press the lever and it's all washed away. This tap," she crosses to the sink and turns the knob to show how it works, "provides cold water for washing your face and hands. The large tub is for bathing, this knob brings cold water and this knob brings hot water. It's carried around the castle in pipes."