The storm eventually passes

Sharcha was buried under a rose bush in full bloom, just as Marianne said his spirits requested. There was a brief sermon, and then the journey continued. Soon after they left, the bush wilted and died from Sharcha's venom leaking out into the soil. His human spirit chuckled and passed.

Marianne walked even closer to Sagus than normal, which balanced out Rebecca and Sophie walking ten paces behind him. He looked back at them.

"Oh, come on! It isn't like I look at nude memories often! Just the one time! I won't do it again!"

Rebecca flipped him off.

"Don't worry about them. They'll be alright." She got an idea. "Sagus? If...if you want to, you can look at my memories of being...undressed. As a very small bit of repayment for saving my soul."

"I....i couldn't. (brief pause) Are you sure?"

She nodded. He smiled, trying hard to contain his excitement. He closed his eyes and began reading deep into Marianne's mind.

"Could you maybe think of the last time you changed your clothes? Or bathed, preferably. Maybe try to picture it from an outside perspective, if you can?" Marianne breathed deep and thought of when she took a bath in a hot springs. Sagus saw it and smiled as he watched the scene unfold.

She was nervous someone was watching. 'Ironic', Sagus thought. Once convinced no one was around, she quickly undid her top and put it down gently on the ground, which was soon under her leggings, and undergarments. Marianne froze the thought there, to give Sagus a good view. She blushed as he took her beautiful form in. Her perky breasts looked amazing, and her shapely ass made him wish he could interact with this memory somehow. She tested the water with a toe and slipped in slowly. She washed herself, taking kind of a long time underwater, where it wasn't really visible to Sagus. She started sighing with pleasure, and Sagus knew what she was doing. But had she meant to show him that much? The memory-Marianne started to say something.

"ooo.....oh, yes....Sag..."

Marianne stopped the thought there, and blushed heavily. She stammered for words, but Sagus assured her he didn't need any. He continued walking.

"Wait." Sagus turned to find her still blushing, but smiling. She turned to Sophie and Rebecca. "Sagus and I need to talk privately. We'll be right back!" She then grabbed his hand and led him into a small thicket of trees.