You don't have to put it like that, Rin. You could say instead, "I accepted a favor my partner gave me." Or even, "I did something that made my partner happy."
[ He vanishes that sour expression and looks at her straight on. ]
It made me happy, Rin--to help you. But at the same time it troubled me to ask such a thing of you. I won't do it again. I'll find another way to transfer prana between us--that doesn't make you drink my blood, or force sex upon you. There's got to be a way.
[ For a moment, his earnest and clear-eyed gaze is oddly like that of a younger boy she might know... ]
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You don't have to put it like that, Rin. You could say instead, "I accepted a favor my partner gave me." Or even, "I did something that made my partner happy."
[ He vanishes that sour expression and looks at her straight on. ]
It made me happy, Rin--to help you. But at the same time it troubled me to ask such a thing of you. I won't do it again. I'll find another way to transfer prana between us--that doesn't make you drink my blood, or force sex upon you. There's got to be a way.
[ For a moment, his earnest and clear-eyed gaze is oddly like that of a younger boy she might know... ]