Updated Flurry with 2,000 words! This finishes the talk about his scars, and also does two more talk scenes: one on where other Frostwyrms might be, and one on what he thinks of his current family arrangement. Hoping to get one more talk topic in.
But hey! Now [fw2.name] has a mate – more than that, he has a <b>family</b>. He has a Qal, and while it wasn’t his initial plan, now he has [fw.andNykke|not just one, but <b>two</b> other Qims to call his own and share his life with|another Qim to share his life with]. He had started with nothing, and now he has more than most other Frostwyrms would ever have in their lifetimes. And now he doesn’t have to worry about being attacked or hunted in [fw.name]’s lair!
[fw2.name], however, does not share your enthusiasm. <i>If only that were true,</i> he laments. <i>I had done everything in my power not to attract the attention of those that would undo me, and yet, their attention I had regardless. I trust you, my Qal, and I trust [fw.name] – it was no small miracle that you brought me into your household as it is. But there is a part of me that is apprehensive that I will not one day awake to find the lair under siege by those that would have my head.</i>
From the emotions you’re feeling through your psionic link with him – namely, anxiety – he’s being serious. There’s a worrying thought that lingers within him that he’ll never find peace.
You assure him: if there were ever any intruders on [fw.name]’s island, they’ll have to deal with you. This is your family in this cave, too.
It’s only words, of course… but you can feel that it gives [fw2.name] some small comfort. His head cranes towards you so that his enormous chin can rest on your lap. He’s not light, but it’s not uncomfortable enough that you ask him to get up. <i>Should fortune be with us, your words will remain only words.</i>
With that, the conversation ends with the sound of [fw2.name]’s throat lightly churring, the purrs echoing off the icy walls of the lair.
<i>It would be untrue to say that no part of me still yearns for that normalcy I had sought most of my life. A lair of my own; a mate that shares my biology; and a typical clutch of two-to-three kips. A setting as such would be all I would need to join the Grand Qim feeling as though I had done all I needed in the world.</i>
[fw2.name] turns his head towards you, his four red eyes half-lidded as he regards you with affection and contentment. <i>And yet, every statement [fw.name] has made about you has turned out correct. In every manner, you have gone above the standard of what I would have considered a ‘proper mate’ to have been. Our kips are educated. I have companionship that I would not have had with a traditional coupling. And the mating – by the Grand Qim, I had never anticipated such pleasures could possibly exist. Even if I had the opportunity – or the inclination – for a ‘proper’ mate, I am afraid that you have sexually spoiled me for anyone or anything else.</i>
[fw2.name] lowers his head until the tip of his snout is just a few inches from your [pc.chest]. With his every breath, his nostrils flex, and a warm blast of air washes over you. <i>There is value in normalcy. And yet, there is more to the abnormal. The arrangement between you and I and [fw.andNykke|Nykke and ][fw.name] is abnormal.</i> He leans forward until his snout gently presses against your chest, and his eyes close in content. <i>Now that I know the value in the abnormal, I would not have it any other way.</i>