[ Blinking at that, because... what? And then some things start clicking into place.
That is part of the reason why he doesn't answer you at first, at least not with words. His initial response comes in the way he kisses you full on the mouth.
(He tastes different, by the way. There's him, of course, but now it's mixed with mountain berries, hints of apple, and cinnamon. More of those tiny signatures that you're picking up in the mix of things that you're smelling off of him now.) ]
Do you prefer that scent to how I am now?
[ He's teasing you, but he's doing it gently. He knows what's been happening since you and the Hounds left the Philippine Trods. He knows how losing a part of your soul to the Groundskeeper is changing you. ]
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That is part of the reason why he doesn't answer you at first, at least not with words. His initial response comes in the way he kisses you full on the mouth.
(He tastes different, by the way. There's him, of course, but now it's mixed with mountain berries, hints of apple, and cinnamon. More of those tiny signatures that you're picking up in the mix of things that you're smelling off of him now.) ]
Do you prefer that scent to how I am now?
[ He's teasing you, but he's doing it gently. He knows what's been happening since you and the Hounds left the Philippine Trods. He knows how losing a part of your soul to the Groundskeeper is changing you. ]