Part of that is offense taken, but most of it is an answering amusement. Because, he slowly realizes as she snickers and stretches herself to kiss him-- it's truly, truly ridiculous. So he stares at her for a moment and then joins her, laughing.
"You. And me? And the Keepers... Oh no," He has to laugh again, reaching with both hands to cup Sina's face, "My mother thought I was going off to make babies. Despite all the-- the everything."
The likelihood of danger, the shard, the inquisition and the encroaching shemlen presence on all sides. Deheune and her damned finely-tuned sense of a looming betrayal. And she hadn't been wrong, no, but never had she suspected it would come from this angle.
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"Are you laughing at me?"
Part of that is offense taken, but most of it is an answering amusement. Because, he slowly realizes as she snickers and stretches herself to kiss him-- it's truly, truly ridiculous. So he stares at her for a moment and then joins her, laughing.
"You. And me? And the Keepers... Oh no," He has to laugh again, reaching with both hands to cup Sina's face, "My mother thought I was going off to make babies. Despite all the-- the everything."
The likelihood of danger, the shard, the inquisition and the encroaching shemlen presence on all sides. Deheune and her damned finely-tuned sense of a looming betrayal. And she hadn't been wrong, no, but never had she suspected it would come from this angle.
"But here we are."