"I don't know what he wants, other than to make Gorlim happy and he thinks this'll do it. A night with me--'One night. A dozen. Years.'--that's what he said." She rakes a hand through her hair. "Thought it'd look better if he beat Gorlim to the punch in asking, if it seemed like his idea. He wants a woman for his lover."
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"I don't know what he wants, other than to make Gorlim happy and he thinks this'll do it. A night with me--'One night. A dozen. Years.'--that's what he said." She rakes a hand through her hair. "Thought it'd look better if he beat Gorlim to the punch in asking, if it seemed like his idea. He wants a woman for his lover."
Her mouth twists. "And I am available."
Still, she hasn't let go of his hand.