[if she'd asked him, he'd tell her -- honestly, openly, because that's his way, because lying to someone he trusts isn't in his dna. he'd say that the look on her face that night, by the bonfire, the heartsickness refracted in the diamond she'd thrown in the fire -- she'd looked achingly young. like a girl, like someone koby might've known. like someone he might've become.]
Happy Late Birthday, then. You don't like parties? Though I guess you were still settling in, last month. You didn't miss one either. Kobymas was sort of the big party for me.
Oh, you don't have to go to any trouble. I can look up books, maybe? We never did any of that on the ship -- not the crew. The captain, yes. She was big on any sort of pampering. I remember a little of it.
[you can't give him lube and then kinkshame him, ani!!]
That sounds Very educational and fascinating. Good business practice.
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Happy Late Birthday, then. You don't like parties?
Though I guess you were still settling in, last month.
You didn't miss one either. Kobymas was sort of the big party for me.
Oh, you don't have to go to any trouble. I can look up books, maybe?
We never did any of that on the ship -- not the crew. The captain, yes. She was big on any sort of pampering.
I remember a little of it.
[you can't give him lube and then kinkshame him, ani!!]
That sounds
Very educational and fascinating.
Good business practice.