Tales of a Child Eternal [NSFW]

[Helene Dakesh]

"...Please enumerate the kinds available?" asks Helene, hesitantly. 

[Tethras Clan]

Ooo boy. "Well... unfortunately, there are thousands of ways to answer that sort of question. Maybe a better way to ask you what you want, is to ask what you want out of this? Are you solely seeking pleasure of the flesh and friendship? Do you... wish..." He exhales. "What kind of needs are you hoping to fulfil?"

[Helene Dakesh]

"This one..." they begin slowly, frowning in deep concentration. "This one enjoys the relationship that is present. This one would... prefer to repeat this experience, potentially once or twice in a month. This one... Is sometimes... lonely. Less so recently, with Madam Zevvy and Beinn Varric, but this one has found their previous circle of friends... lacking emotionally ever since this one began speaking with Madam Zevvy."

[Tethras Clan]

"Well, first off, you do remember you can visit more often than just on Metalladays," Zevran reminds them. "But so you want to keep what we have, but build more onto it. Sex, but also just increase the degree of... personal intimacy between us. Is that correct?"

[Helene Dakesh]

At this, Helene hesitates, sitting up and lifting their head off Zevran's chest. "This one..." they begin, looking askance. "You may have noticed, but this one is not... good at emotional connection or... relationships." 

[Tethras Clan]

"Good is relative. I am happy with what we have made, though I will not object to bettering it," Zevran says simply.

[Helene Dakesh]

"You... are?" Helene blinks. "I am not as... warm as Honored Merrill, or as exciting as zi'Hawke." 

[Tethras Clan]

Zevran stares at them. "So?"

[Helene Dakesh]

"Is that not what... what you want in a partner?" they ask, carefully. 

[Tethras Clan]

"Just Merrill and Hawke, you're naked," he says absently. "It's... those are things I like, yes, but not all the things I like. I enjoy many, many things. And none of my lovers have every quality that I enjoy."

[Helene Dakesh]

"And I have... qualities you enjoy? Personal qualities, above and beyond my shell?" they ask, quietly. 

[Tethras Clan]

"You do," Zevran assures them. "I touched on a few of them, did I not? Your laugh and humor. Your delightful curiosity and earnestness. I adore making you blush," he adds with a wink.

[Helene Dakesh]

"My.. laugh," they echo, voice soft with pure wonder. "My curiosity is... attractive? Not offensive or misplaced or invasive?" 

[Tethras Clan]

Zevran shakes his head. "It... can be, sometimes," he allows. "But you're pretty good- and getting better- at noticing when you come on too strong or if the timing is bad. I can't recall any time in particular that you offended me with it. It's refreshing. There is much in the world that I simply... know or assume, that your questions make me see in full, sometimes for the first time, sometimes for the first time in a long time."

[Helene Dakesh]

Now they blush, a deep cerulean flooding their cheeks. "Then... yes. Increased emotional connection is desired."