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[wildgift]

[Granted, Stefen hasn't been here that long, but he's already restless. He isn't much of an explorer--even in a place he knows, let alone a strange one--and, truthfully, it's dangerous and if there's anything a Bard knows how to avoid it's danger and discomfort.

So instead, he sits, gittern in his lap for a moment or two before he begins a song. It makes him feel better, even if he isn't doing anything besides playing, not using his Gift or his voice at all. It's something familiar, at the very least, and he sighs when it's over, then makes a face.]

Perhaps I just haven’t been here long enough, but I imagine I’m not the only one who feels they’ll go mad in white linen if I stay here much longer. [A pause.] Not that the place is without its charms, surely, but… [Sigh.] Does one ever get used to it?

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[vanyel_ashkevron]

I'm going to be very irritated.

[Action]

[wildgift]

Well, we can't have that. What shall I do to make sure you aren't irritated?

[Action]

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Be real.

[Action]

[wildgift]

So far as I can tell, I am.

[Action]

[vanyel_ashkevron]

Then why am I afraid to go to sleep?

[Action]

[wildgift]

I promise, love, I'l be here when you wake up.

[Action]

[vanyel_ashkevron]

[He lets the words wash over him as he inhales. There's something achingly familiar about the promise and he closes his eyes, letting himself feel the bond. It thrums like a taut string, creating music that has been missing from his life for years.

But there's guilt too. Heaps of it. No matter how much he wants this, isn't he still betraying Tylendel?

Under the covers, he grabs Stefen's hand.]

If you sense...a nightmare... Wake me.

[Action]

[wildgift]

I will. I'll be right here.

[Action]

[vanyel_ashkevron]

[Vanyel finally closes his eyes and falls to sleep. His dreams are a combination of the past and the future Stefen paints for him. Subconsciously, he seeks out the touch of the Bard's bare skin, running his hands under Stefen's shirt.

Yes, it has been awhile and it's not like his hunger for such things has decreased.]