[ Loyalty for the duration of a single walk: that is a fruitful start. It is more than she had only two minutes ago. Someone by her side, even if it turns out to be a man infatuated more by honor than by carnal debts, is immeasurably more valuable than prowling through this cavern alone. It is a step ahead of frantically searching for a protector. One walk was the beginning of anything at all.
She slips her fingers up around the hard sinew of his arm, invigorated to have such a stalwart presence beside her. If she can keep him here, she need not be afraid of anything at all, no matter how very much she seems to lack. Fearsome physicality outshines cold gold in situations such as this. ]
I suppose that depends on what you most want. [ It is an airy musing, sensibility clearly at war with vanity. If he is nothing more than a soldier, a chest of gold should satisfy him. A chest of gold was often enough to satisfy most men. Her vanity, however, insists on being recognized, on being prized even above riches, and she is not blind to its practicality: gold was a simple and clean-cut transaction. To secure a more lasting loyalty, she would need to barter with something less common. She would need to make him want something less common. ]
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She slips her fingers up around the hard sinew of his arm, invigorated to have such a stalwart presence beside her. If she can keep him here, she need not be afraid of anything at all, no matter how very much she seems to lack. Fearsome physicality outshines cold gold in situations such as this. ]
I suppose that depends on what you most want. [ It is an airy musing, sensibility clearly at war with vanity. If he is nothing more than a soldier, a chest of gold should satisfy him. A chest of gold was often enough to satisfy most men. Her vanity, however, insists on being recognized, on being prized even above riches, and she is not blind to its practicality: gold was a simple and clean-cut transaction. To secure a more lasting loyalty, she would need to barter with something less common. She would need to make him want something less common. ]
What haven't you ever had before?