Slippery Scales of Decipet

[LegoLad659]

"What are the different classes like? Do you know about the peasants, or just a royal's life?" Emma asked her next question, letting him lay on her tail.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He thought more about it, "I myself so a lot of the paperwork doe the kingdom. Most peasants have very few possessions and work in the dirt. They scrape by, usually poorly. Royals are... Well... they're okay... they're slobs. I kinda live between the two due to my birth but... my dad makes me work for a lot of my stuff."

 

[LegoLad659]

"Ah, I see. Just out of curiosity, your father was the one that sent you to kill a monster, right? What were you going to get out of it if, by some miracle, you succeeded? What did he offer?" Emma asked, trying to piece together what kind of person his father was.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

"I'd get to live in the castle again. He sent me to the village to learn about how to fight... but peasants don't know how to fight." He sighed heavily, looking down, a bit dejected.

 

[LegoLad659]

"Your father seems to be very flawed in his thinking, if that's the case. If you don't mind my saying so." Emma commented "Wouldn't it be a better idea to have sent you to a training camp or something? You know, wherever soldiers train."

 

[BeyondOblivion]

"No!" He shouted hard, shivering, "I don't want to kill! I'll kill if I must, but I don't kill to appease someone! Then I'm no better than an assassin!" He stood up, "go on, call me a coward but I'm firm""

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma blinked at his outburst "...Yes... I'm well aware of your position on this... I'm questioning your father's decision, not yours..." She told him.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He looked away, "I'm sick of being called a coward..." he Sat back down, "he wants a man, not a woman. I don't want to rule."

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma tilted her head "I'm not sure I understand... Why would you not want to become ruler? You'd have all the power you could ever want, in that position..." She asked, confused. She tried to phrase it in a way that wouldn't upset him, since he seemed upset enough already.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

"I don't want get responsibility." Hd argued, "sending people to die, running a land, it's not my thing. I'd rather help the land, not run it."

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma thought for a moment "Hmm... You know, surprisingly, I can understand that. It doesn't mean I would do the same thing, but I can see that perspective." She replied.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He looked up to her for a second, "you can?" His shoulder s relaxed as he began to breathe slower. He smiled even.

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma nodded "Yeah. You're not the kind of person who'd rule well anyway, I think. That's how I see it, anyway." She explained, looking back at him.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He smiled a little bit, "Thanks, I appreciate that."He leaned agianst her again, "It's rather niec knowing that you at least care about me in order to survive."

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma was silent, thinking. She wasn't willing to say this out loud yet, but she realized that, really, it was only natural that she'd grow some kind of positive feeling towards this guy. They'd been together almost non-stop since they met. The only way she wouldn't like him at least a little bit is if he'd made a complete ass of himself the whole time. And that just wasn't true, he was honestly the softest and kindest person she'd met in a while.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

Giving a small blink, not sure what to say, he leaned agiasnt her a little bit more. He closed his eyes and smiled, "Thanks, I appreciate your concern." He wasn't surew what he felt. He felt decent, and she was actually a very decent... err snake.

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma couldn't help but giggle a little bit "You know that's the second time in a row you've thanked me for the exact same thing, right?" She teased him. Not only was he an all-around nice guy, but he was kind of fun to be around, on top of that.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He blushed a little bit at the tease, laying himself even harder against the tail. He closed his eyes, "is there anything that you wish to know else?"

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma thought for a moment "...No, I believe my curiosity is sated, for now." She replied, looping her tail around him once "What about you?"

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He looked to the tail, "So have you ever fallen in love before?" He asked, blushing a litlte bit. He wanted ot know something about her.

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma blinked at this question, and took several moments to respond "...No, I have not." She replied "I've been the only Lamia here, so I haven't bothered to look for a mate, either."

 

[BeyondOblivion]

He nodded and thought for a second. He began to stroke her tail, again losing himself in thought. After several seconds, he spoke: "how do you... copulate?"

 

[LegoLad659]

"You're certainly asking some odd questions. What are you trying to get at, here?" Emma answered with her own question. She partially didn't want to answer his question, but the main reason was that she was curious.

 

[BeyondOblivion]

"It's just curiosity." He spoke carefully, "other than the tail, which is fine, you're an attractive.. Lamia." He coughed a bit to hid his stammer before smiling.

 

[LegoLad659]

Emma blinked, and Aaron could make out a slight blush on her cheeks "I... If you say so... The truth is, I don't really know. I mean, I have some idea of how it might work, but I've never experimented with it. There aren't exactly any other Lamias in this forest, after all."