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...Fran spontaneously writes something that isn't Pyramid. WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE. Panthera and Turnbull, no warnings or ratings. Written for Ken, for no particular reason.
Quite simply, Renfield Turnbull had no context in which to place his current state of mind.
It was unnatural. It was entirely antithetical to his right and proper loyalty to her Majesty the Queen. There was no regulation to cover it in the handbook of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; he would certainly have remembered it, if there had been. And yet...
...and yet, he was not outraged, as Panthera slowly stepped away. His cheek where Panthera's -- and a corner of Turnbull's mind, as it always did, wondered whether 'his' was the appropriate pronoun for a being both male and female -- where his lips had touched felt unnaturally warm. He raised a hand to touch it, reassuring himself that it was still the same temperature as the rest of his skin. It was.
Panthera's expression was not something Turnbull could easily identify, but it made him feel warmer still. Perhaps, he thought as he smiled hesitantly, context was something that wasn't quite so important after all.
Quite simply, Renfield Turnbull had no context in which to place his current state of mind.
It was unnatural. It was entirely antithetical to his right and proper loyalty to her Majesty the Queen. There was no regulation to cover it in the handbook of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; he would certainly have remembered it, if there had been. And yet...
...and yet, he was not outraged, as Panthera slowly stepped away. His cheek where Panthera's -- and a corner of Turnbull's mind, as it always did, wondered whether 'his' was the appropriate pronoun for a being both male and female -- where his lips had touched felt unnaturally warm. He raised a hand to touch it, reassuring himself that it was still the same temperature as the rest of his skin. It was.
Panthera's expression was not something Turnbull could easily identify, but it made him feel warmer still. Perhaps, he thought as he smiled hesitantly, context was something that wasn't quite so important after all.