( She is not of Bessis, to hold the flame immortal. Twice, her fire threatens to perish, but she walks it to the mount of leaves and twirls her fingers to sink a well in the core of it, and sets her flame down.
It bursts. It warms. These borrowed, human eyes can finally see the two who have adjourned before her. )
...he should sleep. Men are... delicate creatures. Not you, my brother. But he was. And so... ( A smile, rather fond. ) They tell you, before you are assigned, how to match a man's pleasure. If he is ripe and learned, he will want a woman travelled. If he a widower, he will want a wife. If he is young, he will want a mother. If he is a man of trade, he will want a flower untouched, because her innocence is his coin. But they do not tell you... what to do if the man is a virgin. And not to bed warming alone, but to life. If he has no...
( Here, her laughter sours. ) If he has no... appetite for artifice. We all expect to be deceived, don't we, brother, sister?
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It bursts. It warms. These borrowed, human eyes can finally see the two who have adjourned before her. )
...he should sleep. Men are... delicate creatures. Not you, my brother. But he was. And so... ( A smile, rather fond. ) They tell you, before you are assigned, how to match a man's pleasure. If he is ripe and learned, he will want a woman travelled. If he a widower, he will want a wife. If he is young, he will want a mother. If he is a man of trade, he will want a flower untouched, because her innocence is his coin. But they do not tell you... what to do if the man is a virgin. And not to bed warming alone, but to life. If he has no...
( Here, her laughter sours. ) If he has no... appetite for artifice. We all expect to be deceived, don't we, brother, sister?