The light of the smog-choked dawn shone into Ragnar's quarters in the Governor's Mansion, exposing the scene of the young Director and his CFO entangled in each other's arms.
As per usual, this was the signal for Ragnar to awaken; as for Gyda, she would continue to sleep for exactly fifteen more minutes.
The days of her sneaking back to her own chambers were long passed.
These days, everyone knew of her "Executive Partnership" with Ragnar, and she openly slept in his room. I
Thus Ragnar skillfully climbed out of bed, grabbing his silver-geared cane, and got dressed in his morning workout attire (a heavy wool tunic and trousers).
As per usual, his morning was filled with a two-mile limp around the courtyard followed by isometric exercises.
When he was finally done with all of those things, hours had passed, and he had entered the bathhouse to get rid of the soot on his body.
