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[ Guilt had been one of the primary emotions with which she had spoken to her fiancé, and now that same tone is addressed to him over whatever injuries he has sustained. Even in the face of her deepest fears, she had shown those same fears mercy. Truly, she is too kind.... and all the more beautiful for it. It is little wonder how this monster had his heart claimed so.

Instead of responding outright, Somnus lifts the hand atop of hers off of her knuckles raising his hand. He moves it slightly towards her cheek, finger crooked modestly as if he had been about to wipe a tear from the curve of her face, but stops. His pause is not in hesitation, but a mindfulness of permission. ]

...May I?