[Though he'd intended it only as a minor tease, Mira's reaction seemed much more serious. Regarding her quietly, Emet-Selch wondered if she'd discovered some misgivings after all, if the weight of what they were doing had finally sunk in.
Neither of them were taking this lightly, it seemed. Though it was easy to dwell on the simple physicality of it, the complications remained, history was inescapable. The feeling of Mira's hand on his face brought a faint relief, and he leans into the touch, further reassured by her words. A steadying moment. It wasn't as though his own feelings were any less complicated; the mix of who she was verses who she was not, his death, the loss of his people, his god. The awareness that it was all so, so transitory, like every other mortal, like every other life over the past thousands and thousands of years....
And when he leans in to press their lips together, it's gently once more, to focus again on the moment, rather than the din of those thoughts. Beginning to feel the limitations of their current position, he begins to nudge Mira off of him, to find a place back along the bed instead. Throughout, he's reluctant to break the kiss, following her with his body, to keep as much contact between them as possible.]
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Neither of them were taking this lightly, it seemed. Though it was easy to dwell on the simple physicality of it, the complications remained, history was inescapable. The feeling of Mira's hand on his face brought a faint relief, and he leans into the touch, further reassured by her words. A steadying moment. It wasn't as though his own feelings were any less complicated; the mix of who she was verses who she was not, his death, the loss of his people, his god. The awareness that it was all so, so transitory, like every other mortal, like every other life over the past thousands and thousands of years....
And when he leans in to press their lips together, it's gently once more, to focus again on the moment, rather than the din of those thoughts. Beginning to feel the limitations of their current position, he begins to nudge Mira off of him, to find a place back along the bed instead. Throughout, he's reluctant to break the kiss, following her with his body, to keep as much contact between them as possible.]