Yeah...that's Cordis for you. I don't really mind much, I guess. It smells nice to me, too, but I get used to it after a while.
[Still. She'd be doing him a disservice, she realizes gradually, if she were to just brush off his concerns and reassure him blindly that she doesn't believe something like that would ever happen. He would know himself best, after all. Right? So to ignore him, and not listen to what he's trying to tell her...
No. She's got to think about it, and really think about it, before she even starts to think about answering him. That's the only right way to go about it.
So when she speaks, she speaks carefully.]
I don't think you're the sort of person who could ignore someone telling you to stop. I don't think even Sanguis could make you that sort of person. But if I try to tell you to ignore those feelings you're having, or talk you out of them...then in a way, I'm the one ignoring someone telling me to stop, aren't I? So I get it. I'm not going to try to push you.
[...]
But just the same, if you want to kiss me, you can.
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[Still. She'd be doing him a disservice, she realizes gradually, if she were to just brush off his concerns and reassure him blindly that she doesn't believe something like that would ever happen. He would know himself best, after all. Right? So to ignore him, and not listen to what he's trying to tell her...
No. She's got to think about it, and really think about it, before she even starts to think about answering him. That's the only right way to go about it.
So when she speaks, she speaks carefully.]
I don't think you're the sort of person who could ignore someone telling you to stop. I don't think even Sanguis could make you that sort of person. But if I try to tell you to ignore those feelings you're having, or talk you out of them...then in a way, I'm the one ignoring someone telling me to stop, aren't I? So I get it. I'm not going to try to push you.
[...]
But just the same, if you want to kiss me, you can.