His hesitation did not escape her, it never did. When he talked, he could see her work out the things he did not say. Her blue eyes never quite revealed what she thought. They were clear like the sky, and as secretive, although he could always feel where the wave of her feeling was going. She, he thought, enjoyed this. He had let her in and now she would find out—find out something. Whether he wanted to reveal it or not.
He looked up to her, grim and amused at the same time. When he leaned back like this she was a half a head taller. It was something very specific to her, this kind of height was so rare on a woman and her elegant neck was at the height of his eyes. He looked at it with longing. "They paid me a lot of gold. It was never enough." He kissed her neck and breathed in the scent that clung to her skin. It should not be possible that her smell and the warmth that belonged to her skin made him feel a little drunk. There had been a time in his life where he held a sharp disdain for this kind of romantic notion. With regret he tightened his own reins and pulled back to stand up. "Come, I will show you what is left of the laboratory. The way down has some peculiarities. Stay close to my side," he said and took her hand, to lead her to the winding, impossible stairs downwards.
He looked up to her, grim and amused at the same time. When he leaned back like this she was a half a head taller. It was something very specific to her, this kind of height was so rare on a woman and her elegant neck was at the height of his eyes. He looked at it with longing. "They paid me a lot of gold. It was never enough." He kissed her neck and breathed in the scent that clung to her skin. It should not be possible that her smell and the warmth that belonged to her skin made him feel a little drunk. There had been a time in his life where he held a sharp disdain for this kind of romantic notion. With regret he tightened his own reins and pulled back to stand up. "Come, I will show you what is left of the laboratory. The way down has some peculiarities. Stay close to my side," he said and took her hand, to lead her to the winding, impossible stairs downwards.
