[He stills, and she waits. Watches his face, to see what he will do. Even if he were to reject speaking of it... she could hardly blame him. But it seems foolish to not ask now, when she has done all but put it into words.
So she waits, and her thumb still slides gently along his arm in silent rhythm until he speaks again.]
... only with ALASTAIR. They have long ears and slim frames.
[At least, those were the only particular characteristics she had found terribly different from humans with the one she had met in passing. His world's... she settles into the sheets to find out.]
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So she waits, and her thumb still slides gently along his arm in silent rhythm until he speaks again.]
... only with ALASTAIR. They have long ears and slim frames.
[At least, those were the only particular characteristics she had found terribly different from humans with the one she had met in passing. His world's... she settles into the sheets to find out.]