[His eyes dart up, his face a mask of doubt fringed at the edges with pain. He knew he couldn't, shouldn't. She didn't deserve this, and yet.... He didn't pull away. She was too close, already he could hear the rush of blood pumping through her heart, the taste of copper almost palpable on his tongue. And as he looked up at her, all he could focus on where her eyes, the color of the deep jungle that now surrounded them. Her voice soothing even while her words were drowned out by her own heartbeat.]
V: Ishtar no!!! Don't think about that!
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