"Is it not? We've known each other nearly my entire life. Do you think I would allow myself to be any kind of vulnerable around you, knowing what you are, if I didn't love you in some fashion? Do you think if Nabriales had been good in bed I would have crawled into his?" he references Phillip's connections very sparingly, mentions his own interactions with other Ascians even less, but there's a point to be made here and he's going to make it. "That I would lie to my friends about it, to keep him close?"
"You are the one who is ever a mystery," he strokes his thumb against Phillip's cheek, gently, "At least to me. I would think both my feelings and my hesitations would be obvious."
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"Is it not? We've known each other nearly my entire life. Do you think I would allow myself to be any kind of vulnerable around you, knowing what you are, if I didn't love you in some fashion? Do you think if Nabriales had been good in bed I would have crawled into his?" he references Phillip's connections very sparingly, mentions his own interactions with other Ascians even less, but there's a point to be made here and he's going to make it. "That I would lie to my friends about it, to keep him close?"
"You are the one who is ever a mystery," he strokes his thumb against Phillip's cheek, gently, "At least to me. I would think both my feelings and my hesitations would be obvious."