The market

[Maero]

The girl began to giggle and laugh, and splashed around a little as she lost her floating balance. She looked around and saw the there was no one else around but continued to giggle as she was still being tickled. Obviously confused, she looked back at Alex and tried to take a few deep breaths before she asked "Um...excuse me (giggle). Do you know (giggle) where everyone (Giggle) went?"

Thats when Alex may have noticed something strange about the girl. Although she was an elf and in the slave baths, she didnt have a collar like all the others. The collars were naturally water proof and could not be removed by anyone but Arkurus, and yet she wasnt wearing hers. If Alex looked back, he would see her towel and a collar lying on top of it with the name "Rhona" On it. Since it was the last one left behind, it was not unreasonable to presume that it was hers and that she had somehow removed it.

Neko continued to float peacefully in the water, held up by Alex's arms, or hand at this point. Her little wings flapped slowly under the water, feeling pleasure as the water dragged back and forth through them, though not nearly as much as the massage she had received earlier.