Too cute for my toes
Laz
02-15-2021, 11:23 PM
Aku was in agreement with her for the first part of her answer. He too was escaping the elements and it was a perfectly mundane, ordinary thing to do. Anyone stuck outside in the north in winter would do the same. And that, perhaps, was where they would go wrong and run afoul of wandering, beautiful spirits. Like this one whose predatory nature was slowly revealing itself.
He blinked in alarm at her advance and was instantly stuck. On the one hand, kissing her might be a trap and seemed like exactly the sort of way a lesser man might get bewitched. On the other, refusing her and making her angry was potentially worse. He had no idea what he was dealing with and it was possible her anger was more foul than wherever the kiss led. It was a tough call. In the end he decided to try to bow out tactfully.
"Ah," he said in chagrin. "I'm afraid not. You see, I am betrothed and it would be an insult to my future wife to kiss someone as beautiful as you because..." Why, good sir, why? He was briefly stymied, but a sudden thought made him bow his head as though humbled. "Because how could I then return to her?" Ah yes, very good. Flattery would hopefully set him free.
Aku dipped his head further and turned with the intention of fleeing with dignity. "Now I must take my leave as it would be improper to do otherwise and risk temptation." It was possible he was laying it on too thick, but when dealing with a spirit whose anger he most likely had reason to fear it was probably better to err on the side of too much than too little.
He blinked in alarm at her advance and was instantly stuck. On the one hand, kissing her might be a trap and seemed like exactly the sort of way a lesser man might get bewitched. On the other, refusing her and making her angry was potentially worse. He had no idea what he was dealing with and it was possible her anger was more foul than wherever the kiss led. It was a tough call. In the end he decided to try to bow out tactfully.
"Ah," he said in chagrin. "I'm afraid not. You see, I am betrothed and it would be an insult to my future wife to kiss someone as beautiful as you because..." Why, good sir, why? He was briefly stymied, but a sudden thought made him bow his head as though humbled. "Because how could I then return to her?" Ah yes, very good. Flattery would hopefully set him free.
Aku dipped his head further and turned with the intention of fleeing with dignity. "Now I must take my leave as it would be improper to do otherwise and risk temptation." It was possible he was laying it on too thick, but when dealing with a spirit whose anger he most likely had reason to fear it was probably better to err on the side of too much than too little.