Unholy Transformation - Part 24
Krovic inns were significantly different than Casterian inns – even on the borderlands. All floors had some for or another of a rug, creating a buffer between the freezing stone beneath and the poor, perpetually underprepared feet of the occupants traveling north. Blankets were strewn about for anyone to claim, so long as they returned them before their stay was through – and no one dared to rob a Krovic inn, mostly out of necessity. One robbery and the very comfort of warmth would be forfeited for all who followed.
Another curiosity of the inns were the mass amounts of housecats. Of course, the Krovs called them mousing cats, since they didn't restrict them to houses and didn't quite understand why an owner would provide it food, when it was quite capable of hunting itself.
It was a brilliant addition – little balls of fur and warmth mewling and demanding affection from strangers, all the while warming the laps of cold travelers.