Only well-behaved little saints receive gifts on Sankt Nikolai's day.
[ speaking of — that name alone summons the prickling reminder that she is, by proxy, equipping alina with a weapon to wield against him like a teasing brush of a blade. storming nausea roils in her stomach — one she disperses quickly enough, trades for the razor-edged intensity of her focus on alina.
carefully detached, or so she would prefer to believe. ]
For this? I can still feel you. Do you know how wet I get, looking at the marks you've made? That should work for a beginner. Subtle, simple, and enough to keep them eating out of the palm of your hand.
Of course, there's the more aggressive approach if you mean to torment instead of tease. But you should learn to walk a little before you run, Starkov.
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[ speaking of — that name alone summons the prickling reminder that she is, by proxy, equipping alina with a weapon to wield against him like a teasing brush of a blade. storming nausea roils in her stomach — one she disperses quickly enough, trades for the razor-edged intensity of her focus on alina.
carefully detached, or so she would prefer to believe. ]
For this?
I can still feel you. Do you know how wet I get, looking at the marks you've made?
That should work for a beginner. Subtle, simple, and enough to keep them eating out of the palm of your hand.
Of course, there's the more aggressive approach if you mean to torment instead of tease.
But you should learn to walk a little before you run, Starkov.