Shopping took a detour

He heard Void move to hop up from the bed right away after he walked into the room. He was glad that it was fairly dark so he wouldn't see the bite marks on him right away. He felt Void beside him as he finished hanging up his armor and he smiled as he pressed his face into Void's neck with a relieved sigh. More than anything, he was just happy to finally be home. He hadn't meant for this trip to go the way it had in pretty much any sense, but in the end he felt good about what he had done. "I'm fine, my love. I promise," he assured his husband, his lips finding his and giving him a gentle kiss. "I know we had talked about finding a surrogate so I thought I'd go to the slave market and try to surprise you, but that didn't really go as planned," he explained with a little bit of a guilty grin.

"I did buy a woman - she's waiting to meet you... But she's not our slave. I... Seeing how she had been treated and how timid she was... I immediately freed her. I offered her a place to stay as long as she wants," he added, his emerald gaze finding Void's to see his reaction. He knew he had been lukewarm on the idea to begin with so he had a feeling Void might feel better about this resolution than he would have been if he had brought home Rava in the state she was in while still calling her their slave. "So she's not serving us and I don't know whether I found us a surrogate or not, but... I'm glad I got her away from there." Suddenly remembering the wounds he was wearing, he quickly added, "Oh I um... I might have gotten into a fight with them to get her cloak back from them. There are... a couple less slavers in the world now." Chuckling softly he gave Void another kiss and then turned back toward the door. "Come on, let me introduce you so we can all get some sleep."

He led Void out into the main chamber of their den, holding the fur that hung over the door out of the way for his husband to pass through. He brought him over to where Rava was waiting, glancing between the two. He knew Rava was most likely going to be quite timid, which was honestly understandable given her situation, but he also knew that Void wouldn't hurt a fly much less a girl like her. "Void, this is our guest Rava. Rava, this is my husband Void."

"Speech"