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[allsweetflowers]

It is so cold, so very very cold, in this place... I feel I have fallen into a pit of ice, and the clinging arms, the fingers, claws, to drag me down, it is filthy with eyes and teeth...

There are too many people, and none to do more for me but look and stare and laugh and claw and cold so cold...

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[thanitohercules]

*very, very quietly (what is there to say? to her, to her--) and very gently, drapes a cloak about her shoulders, freeing her hair from beneath it*

[allsweetflowers]

*She starts, staring up at him with flat eyes, and trembling fingers - cold and thin - reach up to pluck at the cloak*

*uncertainly* You are kind, sir. You are... thank you.

[thanitohercules]

*he keeps his hands steady as he strokes her hair, as he presses her shoulders gently to give her warmth*

*to himself, he whispers 'Nay, I am not so' but to her, simply:* Any desires else?

[allsweetflowers]

"If I could beg a kiss," she murmurs, bone-thin fingers still fidgeting at the cloak's edge. "Oh, a kiss, my lord..."

[thanitohercules]

*with slight hesitation* A kiss, lady. I would for thee, yet only-- *and moves, leans to bestow a light, lingering kiss upon her forehead* this.

[allsweetflowers]

*low-voiced and slow* Thou knowst that is not the kiss I meant, my lord-- but, oh, still, 'tis more a kiss than I've known of late...

[thanitohercules]

*softly* 'Tis the only kiss I have for thee, yet not the only-- *continues to stroke her hair, very lightly*

[allsweetflowers]

*her voice drags, slow and careful* May more kisses make 'more' be sweet, my lord, good my lord; kiss me again, even if 'tis the chaste touch of a brother.

[thanitohercules]

Would that I could be to thee a brother, as said I once I loved thee more. *leans to kiss her forehead again*

[allsweetflowers]

*softly* I would only be with thee, my lord, to be not alone. All have left, and I - I would not be alone.

[thanitohercules]

Thou'rt not alone. *with a quiet conviction* Never wouldst thou be.

[allsweetflowers]

*swallows* ...I thank thee, my lord.

[thanitohercules]

*says nothing else, but breathes very quietly*