Constance

Duw locked the door and sat on the bed, for now she needed to recover, being half starved for years and the other things she had been through left her in a shocking state, her limbs were skeletal, her face sunken, and she was weak just this little exertion had tired her, she knew this all could turn to crap at any moment but for now it seemed as if she had a safe place to stay, she led down on the bed the softness and comfort were wonderful and soothing.

She awoke with a start slight panic running through her, it was soon replaced by a loud gurgling from her stomach which was roused by the smell of cooking meats, she left the room almost in a daze led by the amazing smell, she turned left and headed to the far door and inside was a large kitchen with pots pans cookers and the like, several people worked chopping cutting and preparing food, they all seemed to follow the orders of a rather tall woman, her hair was black and tied in a tight knot, her red eyes darting from place to place as she issued orders, her mouth pouted in a thing line as she saw to the business, Duw was a little put off by her and attempted to back out but the woman turned her head and locked Duw with a gaze, and before Duw could move she already had a gentle grip on her arm looking it over and taking in Duw's appearance and she tutted many times,

"This will not do, no no no, not at all, a young lady like you should not be so woefully thin, come come come sit sit sit," there was no arguing and before Duw knew it she was sat at a small simple wooden table, the woman snapped her fingers,

SNAP, "Quetel Broth!" (Quetel = chicken like creature)

SNAP "Fluffed Eggs!"

SNAP "Juice!"

The kitchen workers sped up and within minutes all three were set before Duw who just sat there in surprise, the woman smiled and the world changed, that simple act turned this harsh Kitchen Master into a doting adoptive auntie,

"Come on dear, eat up, no one will take it off you, fill your belly my girl all you need,"

Duw wanted to say thank you, or ask her name but the smell ohhh the smell, within seconds she was eating shoving the food down like there was a black hole where her stomach should be, more food appeared, Hams, honey sweetened meats, Duw inhaled it all until her belly was full and she was sleepy again,

the woman led her back to her room, "ok lovely girl, sleep off your breakfast, if you need any more food just come to the kitchen,"

Duw finally had a thought "what's your name?"

the woman smiled again, "Constance, I run the kitchen, if your hungry we make food all day until it get's dark, feel free to came and grab something,"

"thankyou, I'm Duw," she yawned,

Constance laughed, "you had quite the breakfast Duw, go sleep and digest,"

Duw waddled back into the room and fell asleep on the bed.

After an hour nap Duw woke up feeling better, the feeling of a full belly was something comforting, she began to explored the chapter's first floor most of it was simple rooms for the paladins to sleep, the main hall for worship and the kitchen, she found that even though her room had a lock on the inside the other rooms didn't it seems the only reason her room had a lock was for her to feel safe, it wasn't long though before she was tired after all years of not being able to leave that tiny cramped room and doing nothing but healing people had left her thin and weak, even looking around the first floor was a huge effort.

She found the stairs to the second floor where the other girls were but they might as well be mt. everest at the moment, Duw returned to her room to rest.