Vermin dropped his little shoulders as Melia showed her anger towards him. He had not meant to make her upset, it was just that he always had to deal with this shit all the damn time. He was so tired of it all, and sometimes forgot that the girls that came to 'visit' Salvador, were here for the first time. "I am sorry that I yelled" he said, his voice calm as he brushed Goats hair back. The girl gently patted Melia's arm in an attempt to calm her down. Goat gently placed Vermin on the floor so she could concentrate on helping Melia out of the bath so they could deal with the girls hair. "I sometimes grow insensitive if it comes to these matters" Vermin said as he kept his back turned towards Melia and Goat, he would not loop upon the naked form of Melia as he spoke to her. "I deal with the household. I make sure that dinner is on time, that our king is tended to perfectly. Keeping the castle clean, keep the household staff at work and safe from our lord and master. It is not an easy task... he's not a man that is easily content" Vermin said as he looked around the bathroom while Goat was tugging on Melia's hair in the hope that it would be more presentable.
"I am sorry that you are here, and under these circumstances. It can not be easy to be away from ones family. I promise you that we will help you to make sure that he steers away from hurting your family. We have done so before, we have even succeeded.. a couple of times. But things are as they are right now, and the only person that can truly help you now is you. We all have to suck up our pride, pretend that we are content in working here. Nobody here is glad that they work at the castle... .well.. maybe the soldiers are. Steer clear from Stellos!" He turned around and held his little finger up in the air, this truly was a very important tip!. "Stellos is even worse a monster than our king. He does everything he can to please him, and takes out his anger to those that stand below him. At least our king has the decency to... to.. emm..." He shook his head, nope.. his king did not have any decency. Goat looked down at the little imp and showed him with sadness in her eyes. Vermin knew Stellos better than the rest of the household, and from what she had heard he truly was a monster.
Goat tossed the dirty clothing of Melia towards Vermin, and gestured towards him that they could be taken away. If anything, Vermin was only making Melia more uncomfortable. She needed some rest, some time to think.. and she could not do so with the Imp talking up a storm. She patted Melia on her shoulder and smiled to her through the mirror. Now Melia had some time 'alone' even though Goat was still working on her.
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When she was finally done, Goat walked with Melia out of the bathroom and back to the kitchen. She needed to learn about all those forks and knives, how to hold a cup, how to drink, how to eat, swallow, bow down for her king.. all the shit that one needed to do when in the company of a man quite like Salvador. Vermin gone, doing chores and making sure that everyone was doing as they should. As they reached the kitchen, they could smell the wonderful cooking that was going on inside of the kitchen. The table was set for one, as it would be in the dining room later on. Becky, Goats mother and the wife of Benjamin was waiting for the Melia and smiled gently as the girl walked into the kitchen. "Welcome dear, I am Becky and this wonderful angry looking man is Benjamin .. my husband." She said sweetly. She was a fat small woman, blond curls and freckles quite like Goat. Benjamin only looked up as he heard his name "Welcome, sit down.. I made some soup for us all. Best that you have some food in your belly before you get to meet our lovely king again" the man said, his voice incredibly heavy, his eyes set on eternal anger and frustration. "Yes, yes" Becky said as she walked up to Melia and lead her to the table. "You have met my lovely girl L.. Goat" She said as a towel hit her from behind the head. "Careful! We don't know if we can even trust that girl." Benjamin told his wife. "Oh come now.. we are all in the same mess now aren't we dear?" Becky asked Melia gently.
Benjamin only growled and kept stirring in the large pot in front of him. Dinner was still a couple of hours away, but there was still a lot to be done for him. "Just teach the damn girl. She be gone soon enough and you be left in tears thinking you lost a damn friend" Benjamin told his wife as he kept his eyes on the meat that he was cutting. "OH STOP IT!" Becky said, nearly in tears as she rubbed Melia's back. "we.. come dear, don't you listen to that big angry man. He sometimes forgets his maners. He's nothing but a grumpy old bear! He's a fool darling, you will be alright! Come.. let me tell you about all those forks and knives.. " She said sweetly as she gestured for Melia to take a seat.
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