Lovely 13.5

[12:37 AM] Xho: Ulisse kisses Pharolvir on the forehead. [12:37 AM] Pharolvir: "...I'm sorry." [12:38 AM] Xho: Ulisse: I want you. But I need you to be happy. [12:38 AM] Pharolvir: "...I don't know what will make me happy." [12:39 AM] Pharolvir: "She gave up everything to be here.  Her inheritance, her stature...I don't know how to respond to that." [12:40 AM] Pharolvir: "And she's so...it's like, if I turn her down she'll feel like every horrible thing said about her or how she looks was actually right." [12:40 AM] Pharolvir: "How can I do that to someone?" [12:41 AM] Xho: Ulisse: She does seem like a good match. [12:42 AM] Pharolvir: ".....maybe.  She seems very like me, I suppose." [12:43 AM] Pharolvir: "...there's a lot in you that works with me too, though." [12:45 AM] Xho: Ulisse: You could go home, with her. [12:45 AM] Pharolvir: "Ugh!  That might be the worst strike against her." [12:47 AM] Xho: Ulisse: You don't think it would be different, being married to someone prominent and wealthy in your own right? [12:48 AM] Pharolvir: "First of all, she just said she gave up her share of the inheritance to her sister.  So, it wouldn't be that prominent.  But that's...a footnote to the much larger point." [12:50 AM] Pharolvir: "...if I return with her...I'll never really be me, again.  I'll still have to be some version of what my mom wants or what everyone there wants...I wouldn't be able to work at the potion's shop.  Or explore the simulacra in the lake.  I'd still have to manage the household.  ...it'd be much better than what I ran from...but it's so..." [12:52 AM] Xho: Ulisse: Constraining. [12:52 AM] Pharolvir: "Yes!" [12:53 AM] Pharolvir: "...I'll figure it out.  And I'll do it soon.  I'm...very sorry." [12:54 AM] Pharolvir: "...I should make sure Ann's ok.  She's been in the bathroom a while." [12:55 AM] Xho: Ulisse: I'd like to kiss you again. [12:55 AM] Pharolvir: ".........I guess I can allow it this time." [12:56 AM] Pharolvir: kisses him [12:57 AM] Xho: It's not nearly as restrained as the last time, though it definitely doesn't go any further. Just a little bit more... fiery. [12:57 AM] Pharolvir: grabs his butt a bit [12:58 AM] Xho: Lot of enthusiasm there, but he does break it off after a bit. [12:59 AM] Pharolvir: "...just testing." [12:59 AM] Pharolvir: smirks [12:59 AM] Xho: Ulisse: ... I may go mad. But at least I will enjoy the trip. [1:00 AM] Pharolvir: "Let's be honest.  It's a short trip." [1:01 AM] Xho: Ulisse: Very, very short. [1:02 AM] Pharolvir: "I should make sure Ann's ok." [1:02 AM] Pharolvir: leaves