The refusal to answer frustrated Edmund to no end. He growled low in his throat before he could help himself. He didn't understand what Al's problem was, except to think he was just blowing him off because of a lack of interest. Was he too scared to say as much to a King?
"I would be glad for your honesty," he replied at last, as evenly as he could, "the way you were honest with me earlier. I appreciated that quality very much. But perhaps you feel you cannot speak plainly here. My offer still stands. I give you my word as a King that I will make no encroachments you have not agreed to, if you take me up on that offer."
Feeling foolish, Edmund padded back over to his clothes, transformed, and very self-consciously slithered back into his finery. He knew his cheeks were burning but that just couldn't be helped. Being naked in front of someone he liked - and particularly someone who didn't seem to return the feeling - made it inevitable. When he finally turned back to Al, he looked much more vulnerable and hurt by the rejection than his Panther form had shown.
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Date: 2016-05-25 04:45 pm (UTC)"I would be glad for your honesty," he replied at last, as evenly as he could, "the way you were honest with me earlier. I appreciated that quality very much. But perhaps you feel you cannot speak plainly here. My offer still stands. I give you my word as a King that I will make no encroachments you have not agreed to, if you take me up on that offer."
Feeling foolish, Edmund padded back over to his clothes, transformed, and very self-consciously slithered back into his finery. He knew his cheeks were burning but that just couldn't be helped. Being naked in front of someone he liked - and particularly someone who didn't seem to return the feeling - made it inevitable. When he finally turned back to Al, he looked much more vulnerable and hurt by the rejection than his Panther form had shown.
"Will you tell me there, if you cannot here?"