[b]Aemiliana[/b]
Aemiliana sat up abruptly as the woman came into the room, and jumped to her feet. She filed the woman's name away in her mind, and made her own introduction, bowing to the woman as she would to her aunt or elder cousins. "I thank you, Kattell, but please call me by my name, not by my title. I'm Aemiliana." She straightened from her bow and met the woman's eyes. "As for things to do, I would vastly appreciate it if you would show me where I might find hot water for a bath, and maybe where I could get some clean clothes. I had to leave my home in a rush and I didn't have anything but this dress and my purse on me at the time. Oh, for measurements, I'm about ten palms from shoulder to feet and about two across the shoulders." She put a few coins from her purse, about the equivalent of ten dollars, into Kattell's hand. "That should be enough for two undyed dresses." She smiled sweetly.

[b]Aemilia[/b]
Aemilia rolled her eyes at the guardsman. "Oh, did he really? More like he wants someone to keep an eye on his poor heartsick daughter. Well, you know what? Tell him that I said that I can take care of myself more than adequately. Or, go sit somewhere else and don't bother us; you're scaring our friends away!" It was true; there was a circle of open space that had formed around Gaius, like no one could bear to touch him. She turned back to Nona, resuming their conversation about men and the various nice attributes of them.