[ There are concerns, of course, but he does not seem inclined to most of them.
She is not a young pretty maid, and he was in the throws of heartbreak, what interest could he have in seduction, to begin with? Besides, perhaps he was sudden and wild, but he did not seem so cruel as to want to take advantage of much of anyone, to begin with. Just... hurt, lost.
In need of simple kindness.
So she gives him a smile, little and brief. She would always give that it seemed, even when better sense said against it. ]
Because you have not had a good lullaby, I suspect. [ She does not actually think it will change much for his inclination to sleep. But young men always liked a challenge, and she wanted him not to feel pitied or lesser simply for taking comfort.
What matters most, is that he has somewhere he can go, that does not hurt him simply to be there. ] Come. It is the middle of the night, I cannot send you out, who knows if there are Spirits playing tricks? Even if you do not sleep, you can at least rest your body some. I know you must need it.
[ She rises up, detangling their fingers to go and straighten the bed from her own tossing and turning at night. Pulling back the blankets and got herself underneath them. Propped up against the headboard of the four-poster bed that at least was quite sturdy, and looking back up at him, she gestured for him to join her. ]
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She is not a young pretty maid, and he was in the throws of heartbreak, what interest could he have in seduction, to begin with? Besides, perhaps he was sudden and wild, but he did not seem so cruel as to want to take advantage of much of anyone, to begin with. Just... hurt, lost.
In need of simple kindness.
So she gives him a smile, little and brief. She would always give that it seemed, even when better sense said against it. ]
Because you have not had a good lullaby, I suspect. [ She does not actually think it will change much for his inclination to sleep. But young men always liked a challenge, and she wanted him not to feel pitied or lesser simply for taking comfort.
What matters most, is that he has somewhere he can go, that does not hurt him simply to be there. ] Come. It is the middle of the night, I cannot send you out, who knows if there are Spirits playing tricks? Even if you do not sleep, you can at least rest your body some. I know you must need it.
[ She rises up, detangling their fingers to go and straighten the bed from her own tossing and turning at night. Pulling back the blankets and got herself underneath them. Propped up against the headboard of the four-poster bed that at least was quite sturdy, and looking back up at him, she gestured for him to join her. ]