She stops, and he is forced to as well, lest he wrench his arm away from hers. In the dim light shed by the lumin crystals lining the hallway, he's all too able to see the realization dawn on her face, the assumption she makes that she has somehow forced him to do something he did not wholeheartedly want to.
"No, no," he rushes to reassure her, his arm dropping from hers so he can take her hands in his and squeeze them gently. "That is not..."
He shakes his head, and sighs. He might as well come clean about everything, even though he thinks she might possibly laugh at him. A man of his age...
"I was chosen to guard your body, Ninon, not to...covet it." Bracing himself, aware of the pink in his face and the fact that there is nothing he can do to will it away, he squares his shoulders and doesn't quite meet her eye. "And... I do not know how. I... do not wish to disappoint you."
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Date: 2018-12-10 06:01 am (UTC)"No, no," he rushes to reassure her, his arm dropping from hers so he can take her hands in his and squeeze them gently. "That is not..."
He shakes his head, and sighs. He might as well come clean about everything, even though he thinks she might possibly laugh at him. A man of his age...
"I was chosen to guard your body, Ninon, not to...covet it." Bracing himself, aware of the pink in his face and the fact that there is nothing he can do to will it away, he squares his shoulders and doesn't quite meet her eye. "And... I do not know how. I... do not wish to disappoint you."