Please! Go clean up in the bathroom. If you need to take a shower, you can go ahead and use it. I'll take care of sleeping arrangements for you while you're in there, okay?

[With that out of the way, Thoma relaxes. He can distract himself with being a good host and cleaning up the place to give Aether somewhere to rest. It's a good first step forward to figuring out this entire mess, and where to go from here. He's just got the nagging feeling that this isn't over, and it's going to get more complicated than just Aether returning to his normal life.]

I'll be waiting out here, take your time. You really don't have to feel like you owe me anything, I'm just doing what any friend would do.

[Sort of. Not everyone has a vampire friend, but mentioning that won't help.]