Careful, now.
His eyes were a pale blue, and it would be so easy. A choice word, a strategic reminder of the things she'd done, that he'd said.
His thigh twinged.
"Do you remember, then?" he wondered.
It was not usually his preference to lie outright, but he would need to be so careful with this one, delicate as spun sugar, strong as raw ginger. He wouldn't push. He was behaving.
But it would be so easy.
"You had never told me the specifics of this trouble of yours," he pointed out. "I still do not quite know the trigger, if it is the state of the moon or some other thing." This all, at least, was true. "Sometimes a kiss is all that it takes, mais, alas. I see now it was not necessary." He scratched idly at his stubble with the points of sharp nails. "Some with this affliction do not recall one form while in the other, oui?" This, also, was true. "You did not seem to recognize me, and behaved as a dog would behave. It seemed prudent, under the circumstances, to assume that you did not know you were a person, and care for you accordingly."
It had been obvious all through that her mind was not a dog's mind. But she had no way of knowing what he knew. Not that it necessarily mattered. People were always overestimating what he knew and getting angry at him accordingly. He didn't usually need to care.
He had assumed that she would remember, but he'd never had a basis for it. Just a hunch.
"I did not want you, ah. Snatched up, by one who did not know your circumstances. This seemed safer, until you were well. I had thought to make the situation pleasant for you." He cocked his head to one side. "Was this incorrect?"
His eyes were a pale blue, and it would be so easy. A choice word, a strategic reminder of the things she'd done, that he'd said.
His thigh twinged.
"Do you remember, then?" he wondered.
It was not usually his preference to lie outright, but he would need to be so careful with this one, delicate as spun sugar, strong as raw ginger. He wouldn't push. He was behaving.
But it would be so easy.
"You had never told me the specifics of this trouble of yours," he pointed out. "I still do not quite know the trigger, if it is the state of the moon or some other thing." This all, at least, was true. "Sometimes a kiss is all that it takes, mais, alas. I see now it was not necessary." He scratched idly at his stubble with the points of sharp nails. "Some with this affliction do not recall one form while in the other, oui?" This, also, was true. "You did not seem to recognize me, and behaved as a dog would behave. It seemed prudent, under the circumstances, to assume that you did not know you were a person, and care for you accordingly."
It had been obvious all through that her mind was not a dog's mind. But she had no way of knowing what he knew. Not that it necessarily mattered. People were always overestimating what he knew and getting angry at him accordingly. He didn't usually need to care.
He had assumed that she would remember, but he'd never had a basis for it. Just a hunch.
"I did not want you, ah. Snatched up, by one who did not know your circumstances. This seemed safer, until you were well. I had thought to make the situation pleasant for you." He cocked his head to one side. "Was this incorrect?"
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