He directs you uphill toward a nicer area of town. The large squat stone building is old, but well preserved. The interior proves to be clean, warm and steamy. Attendants take your gear and exchange it for towels soap and brushes. A list of fees on a placard includes modest prices such services as laundry, boot polishing, weapon sharpening and armor oiling. A sluicing area is following by an area where patrons are oiled and scraped down with shells by attendants then sluiced again before entering the common bath. The large common bath is arranged in steps with shorter folk at one end and gradually getting deeper to the point were a giant lounges neck deep. Perhaps a dozen men of various races are currently partaking of services. Female patrons have a completely separate facility entered by a different door.