[ Said on a mildly sour note. He doesn't need to be reminded, and while he feels well enough acknowledging as such here, like any other -- of course he hates to reveal such things. Being human. Having vulnerabilities. Can they be exploited? Yes. Does he have the power to avenge himself if that happens? Absolutely, and where he comes from, the threat of that is often enough to guard such things. But that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
Carver does enough to draw his attention back to the present. Beneath fine cloth, still that same shiver -- difficult to say whether that had ever stopped. One hand unfastened most of the buttons remaining, and the other carefully guided Carver's to find the shoulder underneath.
He wants this, I don't know why, but I can do it. ]
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[ Said on a mildly sour note. He doesn't need to be reminded, and while he feels well enough acknowledging as such here, like any other -- of course he hates to reveal such things. Being human. Having vulnerabilities. Can they be exploited? Yes. Does he have the power to avenge himself if that happens? Absolutely, and where he comes from, the threat of that is often enough to guard such things. But that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
Carver does enough to draw his attention back to the present. Beneath fine cloth, still that same shiver -- difficult to say whether that had ever stopped. One hand unfastened most of the buttons remaining, and the other carefully guided Carver's to find the shoulder underneath.
He wants this, I don't know why, but I can do it. ]
I have.