If I was gonna regret anything, it'd be not chasing you down if you thought that the best way to have any kind of relationship was to be careful.

[ careful is for people who can afford to live hundreds of years. beastmen can live for a while but compared to any fae, it's probably as lilia has described it: like a blink of an eye. but when leona blinks, he sees lilia. when the other blinks, time has not passed for more than a minute. sure--- he knows a lot. but maybe knowing too much is the weakness that lilia hasn't considered yet. that a thoughtful and heartfelt promise from someone who finds them pointless is worth more than its weight in gold.

but all he hears are compliments. the boldest boy. someone that's being allowed to give him the pleasure and pain that others probably haven't been trusted to do. he takes that in stride. that lilia cares. he cares to warn him, to not make a mistake... maybe a mistake he's made himself.

unfortunately, leona is very dense. purposefully, sometimes. ]

As far as I'm concerned you've already accepted. [ a beat, then he nods. ] Yeah. I can give you what you want. Just... name it.

[ he reaches up and with one hand, cradles the back of lilia's head. ]