Roe beamed happily at his new clan as he went to sit back down. As he sat down, he thought about what he was supposed to do. Outside of helping with hatchlings and heating cycles, he honestly didn't know what to do in a clan. It had been awhile since he'd been in a clan dynamic, so he felt awkward and unsure, he also didn't know how to explain his feelings to the rest of them. Roe didn't know enough english to express to them what he needed. He wondered silently if he could ask for help with english and other educational things. Owen looked smart and Ro knew that the ageless Puck deserved a smart mate. Roe inwardly shuddered at the thought of Owen being ashamed of him for any reason.

"Roe?" Lu asked, head cocking to one side. Roe looked at her, semi startled for being called out of his thoughts.

"Ja, ah, Lu was it?" Roe responded, Lu nodded, confirming who she was.

"When's the last time you had a shower?" Lu asked, going back to card through his long hair.

"Shower? What is 'shower'?" Roe asked, very confused.

"She means, when's the last time you bathed?" Ru filled in for her twin. A look of realization came to Roe's soft face.

"Um, a few days ago in the, the ocean?" Roe replied, uncertainly.

"Ewww, you bathed in the ocean? Gross," Elisa said, a grimace coming appearing on her face. Even the others were, and looked, disgusted.

"What's bad with ocean?" Roe replied, head tilted, face holding a worried look for disappointing his clan.

"It's very polluted and has a bunch of other unsafe stuff in it, especially so close to shore," Lexington replied.

"What is, po-llu-ted?" Roe asked, sounding out the last word, carefully.

"It's a bunch of garbage, or trash, that's in the water Roe. There's many bad things in the ocean, well, most larger bodies of water near cities," Elisa responded, comfortingly.

"Come, dear, lets get you properly cleaned up, with some soap, shampoo, and conditioner," Fox said, standing in front of Roe to help him up.

"You have soap?" Roe asked, amazed. Fox gave him a surprised, but nodded anyway.

"Do you have any other cloths with you? So those can be washed?" Sarah asked, her voice kind.

"Nei," Roe said, shaking his head in the negative as Fox began to lead him away. Before Fox made it outside the library, and down the hall to the nearest bathroom, she asked Owen to get some towels, a possible robe, extra soap, and any extra cloths that could be spared. The blond was three steps ahead of her and was getting things ready. When the entered the bathroom, Roe looked around the indoor bathroom with surprise.

"First time in a bathroom with a shower?" Fox asked, starting up the shower, then quickly decided a bath would be better. Roe jumped when he heard the water turn on. He stared at the running water in shock. He'd heard of indoor plumbing, his village was thinking it would be a good idea to pull their money to get some certain areas.

"An indoor one, ja. You have indoor running water?" Roe asked, it was a stupid question, he knew it, but he couldn't help it.

"Your village didn't have running water? Or an indoor bathrooms?" Fox asked, very amazed. She understood that many countries didn't have these luxuries, but Norway was pretty industrialized, if not completely up to date with America.

"Nei, my village is very, very poor. The richest man in it has $33.50 and he still doesn't have these luxuries," Roe said, sticking a hand under the running water.

"It's warm," Roe said, even more amazed. If someone didn't want to bath in the river, and wanted a warm bath, it was done in a metal tub with water boiled over a fire. Owen walked in, just as Roe said this comment. He looked over at Fox, confused. The red head caught the look.

"His village doesn't have indoor plumbing," Fox replied to the unanswered question. Owen looked over at Roe, who was staring at him momentarily before he turned back to the water filling the tub.

"Oh," Owen said, not knowing what else to say to that. He put the items down on the sink counter, and turned to leave.

"Owen, can you help me with Roe? I want to get this over quickly". Both Roe's and Owen's eyes widened slightly. The blond recovered first, stepping towards them.

"Of course MRS. Xanatos," Owen replied, taking off his jacket and hanging it up. Roe blushed adorably, not knowing how to take being washed as if he was a hatchling.

"You guys don't have to. Besides, my wings are the only thing I'd need help with." Roe replied, not looking at either of them.

"Well, unfurl them and lets get started," Fox said, rolling up her sleeves.

"I don't think that there's enough room," Roe responded, fingers twisting again.

"I think we can handle it Roe," Owen said, rolling up his own sleeves as best he could. It was then that Roe noticed that one of Owen's hands was made of stone. That made him frown.

"Hmm, that needs fixing" Roe replied, reaching out a hand. Both Owen and Fox watched in anticipation, wondering the extent of Roe's magic. Both were curios if his powers only extended to child rearing. Roe paused, hand hovering just above Owen's arm.

"Do you accept?" Roe asked. Owen nodded, not really knowing what he was accepting, precisely. Roe on the other hand knew. To the young sentinel mother, Owen was not only accepting help with his arm, but with being courted. Roe hoped it would go well, besides, any healing ability that Roe did have, went to children and his mate, and only if that mate was accepting the courting to begin with. Roe's hand touched Owen's stone arm. There wasn't any glow, no bangs or a rabid amount of glitter, just warmth. It took a few moments, then Roe pulled his hand away with a smile. Owen and Fox frowned, the hand looked exactly the same.

"Nothing happened." Fox said, her head tilting. Owen's frowned deepened.

"Try moving," Roe said, smile fading slightly. Owen did, and for the first time in a few years, his hand opened. Both him and Fox looked at Roe in shock.

"Still, stone, but will function like normal hand. My magics aren't good in healing, or it'd be better," Roe said. Owen nodded.

"Lets get to work on your wings shall we?" Was Owen's only response. Both Fox and Roe nodded. A half an hour later, all three of them were out of the bathroom and two of them were soaked.

"I told you there wasn't enough room." Roe grumbled. He wearing the borrowed cloths comfortable, his wings capped around him. Owen frowned and went to his rooms to change. Fox was the one to drag Roe back to the library. The others looked up, as they entered.

"Show them your wings," Was Fox's only response, she was facing Roe and pointing to the others. Alex had been put down for sleep soon after Roe's bath had started. Roe let loose a sigh and unfurled his wings. The others looked on, curious as to why Fox wanted Roe to show off his wings. The whole clan was greatly surprised at the sheer size of the green wings. They dwarfed the tiny gargoyle, though they were shaped much like Goliath's or Brooklyn's wings. The most interesting thing about the wings was the clawed top off wasn't exactly a claw. It was three prongs, twisted around each other.

"Wow," Angela said.

"Yeah," Broadway said, his own face held surprise. Roe flushed from the attention and folded them again. They still stared while Roe went to sit back on the couch. He didn't say anything for a while, and neither did they, for a while anyway.

authors note:

I just wanted to say that I don't know any norwegian. I've been looking it up on google, and if I brutally do something wrong with the words or anything else, I'm sorry to those who do speak it. Thanks. Also, please review. and I don't own anything but the plot and the character "Roe", Obviously.