"I hope you want me a little," she murmurs into his ear, but it's mostly teasing. For once, she doesn't need to hear it. In this moment, she can feel it, and finally that's all that matters.

"I admit..." her voice quiets further, words pressed into the cloth over his shoulder; a whisper only he can hear. "All I wanted died when the Empire came to Fedlhelm. This service suits well for a life stretched past... past what I thought I could endure."