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[massrez]

☙INBOX text ♔ audio ♙ video ♔ action Kindly leave your missives and they will be responded to with utmost haste. May you walk in the Light.

Done this day by my hand, King Anduin Llane Wrynn

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[massrez]

A fair point.

Might I speak plainly, then?

[forcevisions]

Please.

[massrez]

If it at any point seemed as though I wouldn't be interested, it was a desire on my part not to overstep any boundaries you might not have wished crossed.

Not that I think you would hesitate to voice your displeasure if I did something of the sort, of course. But it wasn't lack of desire for more than friendship shared. Far from it.

[forcevisions]

[ it's charming, really. enough to bring a lopsided smile to rey's face. chivalry is lost on her, of course, and it's actually endearing that anduin would attempt it regardless. it can be nice to be treated as though she weren't a feral desert animal.

but she is one. and it shows in the way that she endeavors to get some more direct statement of wanting out of him. ]

So what do you desire?

[massrez]

[ It's who he is, down to his core. Even months spent in a city that values them as little more than experiments in sexual deviancy can't quite wring the nobility out of him. ]

You, Rey. If that is your desire as well.

[forcevisions]

It is.

[ she feels comfortable with him. safe, at least. and that's worth something around here. ]

I know it probably looks like I sent that picture on purpose now, but I didn't.

[massrez]

Don't worry, I believe you.

I've deleted that picture. It wasn't meant for me. And while I'd say you'd be welcome to send one that was...considering how often my device gets away from me, I'm not sure how wise that is.

[forcevisions]

I don't think there's much left for me to feel shy about.

[ citations had ensured that. ]

[massrez]

Even so, there are some things I prefer to keep private.

In the few instances we are ever allowed to, of course.

[forcevisions]

That's a shame. I rather like when things aren't private.

[ at least, when it's in her control to decide as much. she's trying not to think about the unpleasant loss of autonomy represented by those citations. ]

[massrez]

And there's nothing wrong with that.

I've tried. I don't think I'll ever find ease with it as some do.

[forcevisions]

How do you like it?

[massrez]

Well.

Do you remember our discussion about aftercare?

[forcevisions]

Yeah.

[ short and to the point because she's squirming about her own resistance to that kind of gentleness. ]

[massrez]

That's what I like. Being able to care for someone, to make them happy.

It's not that I can't try something new, or won't. Light knows there's been enough of that already in my time here, and some of it has been enjoyable enough. But I know what I've come to prefer.

[forcevisions]

I'll warn you. I'm not very good at it.
But I can try.

[massrez]

And I'd be willing to try what you have in mind. That seems only fair.

[forcevisions]

That really isn't necessary.

[massrez]

Well, how will I know one way or another, if I never try?

cw: watersports mention

[forcevisions]

To be fair, some things you don't need to try to know.

[ she's thinking about the guy who talked about pissing on someone. she's not gonna go out and try that one. ]

[massrez]

Fair point.

But I trust you would at least ask before springing anything potentially objectionable, no?

[forcevisions]

I'm not going to show up with tools of torture unannounced, no.

[massrez]

You say so. I've already had a few interesting variants turn up when least expected.

[forcevisions]

You should have an interesting conversation with the people who did that.

[massrez]

I have enough interesting conversations with some of them as it is.

In most cases, it was harmless. Strange, but not objectionable.