He laughs and shrugs, deciding that if she wants him to be blunt, he will be. "I'm attracted to a lot of people. I don't care much about gender. But personality is more attive to me."
That hopefully explains what she thinks he's holding back. She's physically beautiful yes, but it's the fire in her that he likes so much, the possibility that the fire is going to burn him. He likes that risk. He also likes the idea that she might not burn him but just keep him warm.
"I don't mean to keep it from you. At home, it's not like here. A man can get his neck stretched for admitting as much to the wrong people." He pausesand then offers something else about himself.
"I told you our family business was fighting. That's only partly true. I was brought up as an assassin. Not one of the ones that gets paid to kill anyone at random. We... worked against another organisation."
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Date: 2022-10-27 11:19 am (UTC)That hopefully explains what she thinks he's holding back. She's physically beautiful yes, but it's the fire in her that he likes so much, the possibility that the fire is going to burn him. He likes that risk. He also likes the idea that she might not burn him but just keep him warm.
"I don't mean to keep it from you. At home, it's not like here. A man can get his neck stretched for admitting as much to the wrong people." He pausesand then offers something else about himself.
"I told you our family business was fighting. That's only partly true. I was brought up as an assassin. Not one of the ones that gets paid to kill anyone at random. We... worked against another organisation."