His frown returned as she once again indicated the curse that bound her tongue, the one thing that it seemed he could not take from her. She knew that as well as he did, so why would she ask for it?
Then she started to stand, to collect her things, as if readying herself to leave.
Oh, no no no. That would not do at all. Absolutely not, not when he had done his best to be a gracious and careful host. He, too, moved to stand, became as he did so another glimmer in the wind until he reformed kneeling at her feet. "You cannot mean to leave me so soon?" he asked, his eyes wide and brown and pleading. "And emptyhanded, when I have offered you so much?" Though he certainly had not offered them for free.
He was still only half-dressed.
"Do you not want me?" he asked more directly, sounding hurt. "Is it that I do not please you? Only tell me how you might like me better, and I would be happy to oblige."
This was not strictly accurate. It did not please him, necessarily, to change himself according to the whims of others. But it pleased him to eat, and so he could not but be willing to do what was necessary.
"I would be so sad, lovely lady, to see you leave me like this. Won't you stay? Take some time to think on the matter?"
Time to get comfortable, time to get thirsty, time to get hungry; time to drink of his grove or eat of its fruit or yearn for his lips once more. Not too much time, but just a little more – surely he would not need more than that.
Then she started to stand, to collect her things, as if readying herself to leave.
Oh, no no no. That would not do at all. Absolutely not, not when he had done his best to be a gracious and careful host. He, too, moved to stand, became as he did so another glimmer in the wind until he reformed kneeling at her feet. "You cannot mean to leave me so soon?" he asked, his eyes wide and brown and pleading. "And emptyhanded, when I have offered you so much?" Though he certainly had not offered them for free.
He was still only half-dressed.
"Do you not want me?" he asked more directly, sounding hurt. "Is it that I do not please you? Only tell me how you might like me better, and I would be happy to oblige."
This was not strictly accurate. It did not please him, necessarily, to change himself according to the whims of others. But it pleased him to eat, and so he could not but be willing to do what was necessary.
"I would be so sad, lovely lady, to see you leave me like this. Won't you stay? Take some time to think on the matter?"
Time to get comfortable, time to get thirsty, time to get hungry; time to drink of his grove or eat of its fruit or yearn for his lips once more. Not too much time, but just a little more – surely he would not need more than that.
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