[ So Thancred refuses to be a freeloader? That explains it. Not everyone can so easily walk away from the allure of free food and running water. Dante's a simple man with simple needs.

But Dante has grown a bit too since they last spoke. He's working. Not just lazing around. Sure it may seem like harassing passersby in the hallway, but it's really actually truly very important. ]

And most people haven't.

[ He can understand that plumbing may not seem as important to people who are used to it working all the time. But where there is a hole in the ground with water, there is plumbing. ]

That may be the key, you see. Keep it all part of the day-to-day workings of your average magical castle set-up. But where does it go?