You know it.

As the two of you travel back down the footpath, you where still silently celebrating in your head, you'd never done something like that before, sure, you'd gotten into a few nasty scraps back in Orcrest, and the whole ordeal with those bandits and the wolves on the road to Skingrad, but those were more like a **** fight for survival, taking out a flimsy, decrepit, old skeleton was considerably less risky, but the risk that was there made you feel like some kind of hero. You thought back to returning to the ruin later, to peer inside, explore the ancient halls and maybe even come across a few more of those skeletons to take out.

You tapped Nacius on the side, getting his attention.

"Yes, love?" He asks.

"Do you think Sanna is crazy for wanting to go back? Not today of course, but later, to explore what's actually inside of the ruins?" You ask.

Nacius laughs a and slaps his knee.

"So you're hooked now eh? Got a bit of action and now you want more?" He asks.

"No No! Not like that, Sanna admits, after that skeleton crumbled to the ground, she felt a rush, she had never done anything like that before-" Nacius cuts you off.

"What about those maniacs on the road, or the wolves? Those didn't give you a rush?" He asks.

"Of course those did! But it wasn't a positive rush, we had been fighting for our lives during those, and by the moons, the pain, Sanna never wants to go through that again!" You reply.

"Well, from what I've heard and seen, ruins can be a lot more dangerous than a few bandits and wolves..." Nacius warns you.

"Sanna understands that, she is no fool, she just wishes to explore the inside of the ruins, see what ancient beauty can be found inside, and if she comes across a few more of those decrepit skeletons along the way? Good practice!" You jest.

Nacius quietly chuckles and sighs.

"If you're going to do something like that while i'm gone, just.... Just don't go alone, okay? And for the love of the nine, be careful, if even one thing in there seems off, or your gut tells you to leave, listen to it! There could be a necromancer down there..." He says, worry racking his voice.

You give him a reassuring pat on the shoulder and kiss him on the cheek.

"Relax! Sanna isn't planning on doing it anytime soon, she is just considering it, like a hobby of some sort!" You say.

"A hobby for delving into ruins? So you want to be some kind of adventure hobbyist?" He asks.

"Sanna supposes so, like she said, she isn't going to do it any time soon, she knows she needs gear, training, company, all that stuff." You reply.

Nacius nods and sighs, you continue down the road in silence for a while, taking in the sights once more, that dark cloud from earlier was getting closer.

"See that cloud Nacius?" You ask, pointing towards it.

Nacius glances over to the cloud and raises his eyebrows slightly.

"Damn, might rain soon, hopefully we can get back home before it hits us." He says.

"How much longer do you think it'll be before we get back?" You ask.

"As long as it took to get to the ruin, provided we don't stop at that old wayshrine again... So, a little while."

"Worst case scenario, we have to change our clothes, Sanna planned on taking a bath when she got back anyways, do you want to join her?" You ask.

"Heh, why not, last day before I head back to work, might as well get as clean as I can!" He says, laughing.

"Do they not let you clean up?" You ask.

"They do, they do, if you're in a rush you just dip your head into a barrel of water, if you're lucky you'll get a little bit of soap, if you're stationed at the fortress with some spare time, you wash up with the other men, no privacy." Nacius replies.

"Yech! What about the women soldiers? Do they at least get their own bathing area?" You ask.

"They use the same area, just at a different time from the men, the empire isn't so stupid as to not see the problem in letting a bunch of pent up, probably angry, men and women bathe together, that's a recipe for disaster right there!" He replies.

"Sanna must sound so snobby right now, her one luxury was owning her own tub back in Orcrest, she can't imagine bathing amongst dozens of other people, she would be to embarrassed to ever consider doing such a thing." You say.

"You get over it pretty quickly, I remember when I first joined up and was disgusted at the idea of that, the commander ordered me to wash up because I... I well... I smelled, really bad." Nacius says, sounding embarrassed.

You let out a small chuckle.

"How long did you go without washing yourself?" You ask.

"Well, if you don't count me sticking my head into the water barrel, about two weeks..." Nacius replies, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment.

You gasp.

"By the moons! Well, in that circumstance, Sanna would probably bathe in slaughterfish infested water."

"I would've preferred that back then, but after a few times, you get used to it, nobody is out to do anything to you, well, most of the time anyways, some of the men are disgusting..." Nacius says.

"How so?" You ask.

"Heh, ask Tolggor about that, one time this guy, happily married and even had a few kids to my knowledge, came up behind him and started ehh, trying things with Tolggor." Nacius says.

You grimace and shake your head.

"What happened?" You ask.

"Tolggor wasn't having it, he turned around and gave that sick bastard one quick punch, he collapsed like a sack of rocks, out cold." Nacius says chuckling.

"Serves him right, the prick... Things like that don't happen too often, right?" You ask.

"Nope, I've only seen two things like that ever happen, although, I have seen some of the more... pent up men sneak out of the barracks and eh... "relax" just outside of the fort on more than one occasion." Nacius says.

"Every time you tell me about what goes on at this fortress, the more Sanna begins to question whether or not it's a good idea going back." You say with a chuckle.

"Oh, it's fine there, plus, I'm rarely at the fort for too long, I'm always patrolling the roads around the West Weald, Tolggor is there a lot of the time, he's only had that one problem." He responds.

"Sanna knows that she never wants to go back there, some of those men where pigs!" You say.

"Yup, don't worry, I'll give those bad eggs a piece of my mind when I get back there." Nacius says.

Nacius begins chuckling to himself.

"You want to know something funny about those guys too?" He asks.

"What?" You respond.

Nacius snickers.

"I'm pretty sure a few of them sneak out at night and uh, "relax" with one another." He say's laughing.

You begin to laugh alongside him.

"Ah, Sanna see's now, perhaps they are insecure about themselves, that is why they saw the need to harass this one." You say.

"Perhaps... I'll go ahead and ask them when I get back over there, see just how upset they get!" He says.

The two of you laugh for a moment before going back to silence, the wind was picking up, the dark cloud was getting closer and closer, you knew for a fact it was about to rain soon.

"Looks like it is gonna start raining soon... Damn." Nacius says.

"Do you think we can make it before the rain hits us?" You ask.

"I'll pick up the pace, but I doubt we'll make it before the rain..." Nacius says.

Nacius starts getting Whiterun to move a bit faster, the horse was now trotting down the footpath, you had to readjust to the sudden increase in speed.

You looked off to the cloud again and saw what looked like mist to you coming out of the bottom, yup, it was raining. The sun was still high in the sky, the cloud hadn't blocked it yet, but soon enough it would, and the two of you would have to get home, all wet...

Not like it mattered to you though, you did plan on bathing with Nacius when you got back, it was just a mild annoyance.