Weighty Matters|Neo'anar, New Anarlina

[Kender Bard]

Delilah gave him a mildly surprised look at this revelation, but then after considering it a moment, she stopped being surprised at all. It makes sense, she's a gorgeous woman and her husband is a Lustful.

"Well, we'll both have to be more open with each other then," Delilah remarked. "I'll try not to be quite so passive. You don't seem terribly concerned with keeping our relationship a secret, which is good. I don't relish the idea of doing so. Discretion is one thing but actively working on secrecy is another."

And then she wondered about another issue she had been avoiding and flushed a little. Well, no point in being demure after she just expressed a desire to not keep each other in the dark. "Ah. Um, speaking of intimacies..." Then she trailed off and flashed him a slightly puzzled, helpless look, because never in her life had she actually had to talk about such a thing in this manner.

[Darastrix]

~What do you want in that respect?~ he asked, switching to mental speech since they were in the temple and it was often easier to think things than say them. ~I'm not opposed to holding off on that if you'd rather.~ He smiled and added, ~However long, you are well worth the wait.~

[Kender Bard]

Delilah blushed brightly. I don't think it's something I can say 'No, I won't be ready for a month. Try again then.' I just haven't given any thought to it at all. And I don't know when I'll be ready until I am.

She felt silly for blushing. Forces, what was she, fifteen? It may be a while or it may be as soon as we finally have had a chance to relax for more than a couple of days. Which, hopefully, will be soon. I trust that when we get back to Khelek after this trip you'll be busy with your duties and the plans made with Anarlina. But compared to everything else we've been through, it should be relatively sedate. We'll see then, I suppose, if not later.

Related, though, if not quite such a risque topic, is the matter of sleeping. She smiled. The time spent curled up with you at night has been soothing and comforting. I really, really like sleeping with other people, in the most innocent use of the word. I used to have Felicitas come to the palace and we'd curl up and doze off together, if it had been a rough day for either of us. But I understand that Crystalanders are more reserved and that it poses a questionable image for an unmarried lady to consistently seek her lover's bed.

[Darastrix]

~Yes,~ Crawford acknowledged. ~But when one of the pair is a Mind, moving between rooms unnoticed is easy to do, and I like having you with me at night, too.~

[Kender Bard]

Good, Delilah answered brightly. She went up on her tiptoe briefly to steal a kiss. I think that's all I needed to say or know. What about you? And how shall we pass the rest of our day together?

[Darastrix]

~I can think of nothing else,~ he sent, returning the kiss.

"How would you like to pass the rest of the day? You're more familiar with New Anarlina than I am."

[Kender Bard]

"That's not saying much," Delilah laughed. "So perhaps we should just spend it wandering around together and seeing what catches our eye." She reached up and brushed back his bangs. "Any time spent with you is a pleasantry, after all."