Her touch was encouraging, and there was still a desire in her – desire he could surely satisfy, desire she should surely be willing to trade for.
"Surely it is not so hopeless as that," he insisted, though in truth, her strength or weakness did not concern him. Nor her life beyond his grove. The Wisp had sent men and women alike to their certain doom, without a second thought and without regret. That was simply how it worked, that was simply what it was. But for a mortal, any mortal, to recognize their own fallibility was an awful thing. The Wisp preyed on confidence and hope, and this one seemed to have neither – try though he might to encourage her.
"There must be something," he continued, even as she drew away from him. "Anything. I can take your fear, your sorrow – you need only ask, lovely lady, and you will feel nothing but joy for the rest of your days. I can take your loneliness, so you never ache for the lack of another. Would it not be easier for you, to lose those things? Would that not help you to survive?"
It would not. Almost certainly, it would not. But he was beginning to get desperate, and it was clear in the way he begged.
"Surely it is not so hopeless as that," he insisted, though in truth, her strength or weakness did not concern him. Nor her life beyond his grove. The Wisp had sent men and women alike to their certain doom, without a second thought and without regret. That was simply how it worked, that was simply what it was. But for a mortal, any mortal, to recognize their own fallibility was an awful thing. The Wisp preyed on confidence and hope, and this one seemed to have neither – try though he might to encourage her.
"There must be something," he continued, even as she drew away from him. "Anything. I can take your fear, your sorrow – you need only ask, lovely lady, and you will feel nothing but joy for the rest of your days. I can take your loneliness, so you never ache for the lack of another. Would it not be easier for you, to lose those things? Would that not help you to survive?"
It would not. Almost certainly, it would not. But he was beginning to get desperate, and it was clear in the way he begged.
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