There is a degree of wear and tear that warm water and soap isn't going to do much to remove, seen in the shadows around his eyes, lines engraved into his face and the pickling bitterness reflected from the inside, but he can at least be clean. He can even shave, which he does, in a sudden fit of vanity as well as avoidance of its neglect being pointed out to him. By the time he is emerging from above, there is improvement, although his hair still seems to fall in rat's tail fragments despite the comb put through it. He's traded his previous garments for these new ones, which at least fits him in with his surroundings in more ways than one.
She can take note of his presence from the scrape of the water pitcher dragged across the table a few inches, Lucius still standing as he pours himself a glass, cane lent against the table. It's a show of restraint, anyway -- the food and the booze both far more tempting, for different reasons.
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There is a degree of wear and tear that warm water and soap isn't going to do much to remove, seen in the shadows around his eyes, lines engraved into his face and the pickling bitterness reflected from the inside, but he can at least be clean. He can even shave, which he does, in a sudden fit of vanity as well as avoidance of its neglect being pointed out to him. By the time he is emerging from above, there is improvement, although his hair still seems to fall in rat's tail fragments despite the comb put through it. He's traded his previous garments for these new ones, which at least fits him in with his surroundings in more ways than one.
She can take note of his presence from the scrape of the water pitcher dragged across the table a few inches, Lucius still standing as he pours himself a glass, cane lent against the table. It's a show of restraint, anyway -- the food and the booze both far more tempting, for different reasons.