[ His glare crumbles at its edges and has to be put back into place, more than once, the same way someone falling asleep sitting up might have to right themselves over and over. ]
—if it would be convenient, I’d like seeing more of you. Or—seeing what I’ve seen of you [ which is ALL, because he’s seen her NAKED, in case she’s so good at forgetting things that she can forget them while they’re happening ] more frequently. I’m getting very old, you know, and going looking for you every evening is not easy on my knees.
[ Feral toothy grin softens, lessens (if only after his initial correction, during which it had sharpened). There is a brief impulse to lift her head and scootch down to kiss him hard enough that the tiny thoughts about what 'old' means for a Grey Warden are scared out of her forethoughts, bats from a belfry, but resists.
There's a joke, there, about whether sharing a room would truly mean going easy on someone's knees, but that eludes her too. ]
But I enjoy being found, [ she contradicts, which could be a 'no thanks' until she adds, ] so you will indulge me by acting surprised, sometimes, when you open the door, and voila.
[ She has emphasised this by laying her arms above her head, spine stretching. ]
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[ His glare crumbles at its edges and has to be put back into place, more than once, the same way someone falling asleep sitting up might have to right themselves over and over. ]
—if it would be convenient, I’d like seeing more of you. Or—seeing what I’ve seen of you [ which is ALL, because he’s seen her NAKED, in case she’s so good at forgetting things that she can forget them while they’re happening ] more frequently. I’m getting very old, you know, and going looking for you every evening is not easy on my knees.
[ His knees are fine. ]
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There's a joke, there, about whether sharing a room would truly mean going easy on someone's knees, but that eludes her too. ]
But I enjoy being found, [ she contradicts, which could be a 'no thanks' until she adds, ] so you will indulge me by acting surprised, sometimes, when you open the door, and voila.
[ She has emphasised this by laying her arms above her head, spine stretching. ]