If she'd had a spare of either of those, she'd have brought them with the soup. Alas, he'd have to wait. But lucky for him, the circus was closed for the rest of their time in Rome. She didn't have to go anywhere. She could stay with him unless some dire emergency called her away. Hopefully, there would be no more dire emergencies.
She blamed that UK-style raising they both had. Sure, plenty of nudity on television but otherwise, keep it under your hat. But Catherine had been tainted by Los Angeles mid-childhood so she didn't blush as much. Catherine arched an eyebrow, "If you're a very good puppy, I'll sit wherever you like." Yes, she had to throw the 'puppy' in there, just to make it worse. "But yes, I'd really rather not break you right now. I expect the healers would be very cross with me if they spent all that energy to save your life only to have you die because of a sex act."