"I know. I can sense it, even if it's only in the echoes. It is good of you, to take such care." He circles back around, though, the small touch to Arkady's own cheek not going unnoticed, "Perhaps," he begins, "you are not so much worried about Ashley's state for him, but for yourself? If death has left him untouched, perhaps it will loose it's hold on you?" it's not meant to imply he doesn't care for Ashley's beauty in it's own regard, not really, but he's aware it could sound like it.
"Still..." he leans forward, over the box, the motion deliberate, avoidable, but if Arkady doesn't avoid it, he'll cradle the lower part of his jaw, rub his thumb into the hollow under his cheekbone, "It would be a shame to lose this... It's so rare my domain is writ on someone with such plain devotion."
The way he says it, it certainly sounds as though there is another option, though he doesn't offer it outright...
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"I know. I can sense it, even if it's only in the echoes. It is good of you, to take such care." He circles back around, though, the small touch to Arkady's own cheek not going unnoticed, "Perhaps," he begins, "you are not so much worried about Ashley's state for him, but for yourself? If death has left him untouched, perhaps it will loose it's hold on you?" it's not meant to imply he doesn't care for Ashley's beauty in it's own regard, not really, but he's aware it could sound like it.
"Still..." he leans forward, over the box, the motion deliberate, avoidable, but if Arkady doesn't avoid it, he'll cradle the lower part of his jaw, rub his thumb into the hollow under his cheekbone, "It would be a shame to lose this... It's so rare my domain is writ on someone with such plain devotion."
The way he says it, it certainly sounds as though there is another option, though he doesn't offer it outright...