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She folds her ar on? You don’t want to do this?"

"I like to knohat’s ahead and be in control of it" I brusho?"

I freeze "No"

"I don’t want tohere, Williah I’m unsettled by her nearness, I’ood--like freshly ground cinnamon But it’s all I can sive a crap about breathing correctly I just want to please her

I forcethem into fists "Let’s continue"

"So do you do that to calm yourself?"

I nod

"Then you’ve found a way to cope when you’re stressed out That’s a lot like e’re trying to do--using a copingI can do when I’m in a full suit of armor And it wouldn’t help even if I could"

She thinks for ato the left while she catches her top lip between her even, white teeth Her dark pink tongue darts out to wet her lips, and I’m suddenly flush arm arousal I wonder if she has any idea how lovely she is How much I want to kiss her, touch her…

Her head jerks back to s on her fingers "How do you feel when you’re wearing the ar effect"

She cocks her head to the side "Really? I would think it wouldon aro out and kill"

"I don’t kill anyone into the ceiling "Of course not, but…you’re getting ready to fight That doesn’t stress you out?"

"No, the arhs me down" She doesn’t seem to understand, and I don’t really have any idea how to explain it to her I wish I could draw a picture to ht from my brain to hers

There’s silence between us and she flops back onto the ot to be willing to ithme at every turn Meet me halfould you please?"

I picture about five different possibilities for ‘half way’--half of a pulass of water I left on the kitchen counter beside the sink before going to ain so suddenly that I’ me off, Wil I’m sorry I just have to say this I need that tiara back"

"Why?"