https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg "I know you are right, still I am concerned. I know that we will of course prevail, but how many scars will our great empire be forced to bare?" He turned his gaze away as Rhydian rose from the water. His mind already hel...

https://images.playground.com/db04da501d464f1f97b94b117cd15fc8.jpeg Being attended to was something that had once been common place in Karrhei's life. More and more as he had grown under the tutelage of the Court of Erotes he found himself deriving more comfort from serving others. It was not uncom...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg Karrhei's blush only grew at Rhydian calling him enlightened. While he sat still, there was an energy behind his projected aura akin to a dog wagging its tail. While he wasn't as skilled a Sembler as Rhydian, he had been told that ...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg "It is important to love from all points of view, that doesn't mean that they all come as naturally. They are varying levels of intimacy and vulnerability. Recognizing your feelings for another, speaking fondly of them, being ...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg "Its still a love story because you still love each other, even when you are apart. What you should fill the inbetween with is the second part of your love story. You need to love shower yourself with your love as well. The fi...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg Perhaps it was Rhydian's needs that allowed Karrhei to push away his own. In his mind he would have imagined speaking about his anxiety and their past as opening the flood gates, but he was somehow able to quiet them again as soon ...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg "No." There was no hesitation in the answer. "That hadn't occured to me. I don't see that happening. If anything I'm more afraid of..." Being left behind. It didn't make sense. He didn't think he would be physic...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg Even though he knew Rhydian could see through the question, the prince's answer still made him laugh. "That sounds right." Karrhei sat up a bit more, straightening his posture. As his thoughts turned back to the question ...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg It was nice to see Rhydian relaxed like this. The water was a bit warmer than Karrhei usually preferred, but he never said anything about the temperature, just checked it before hand to see what he would have to adjust to. The warm...

https://images.playground.com/58eebc14e7fe41509b1bc5352a78c624.jpeg Karrhei sincerely wanted to tell Rhydian that wasn't true, that of course he could learn to navigate love, that he would be far more successful at it than Karrhei ever could, even with the priest's devotion to Suion. He wanted to l...