[ Ah. Now Oberon's the one coming to her side. Things really have changed. She doesn't quail or withdraw from his touch, but even that feels different now. Rather than submission as it'd once been, now it feels much more like permission. ]

And whose fault is it I needed time to 'recover' in the first place?

[ Her voice is chiding, but playfully so - low, warm and teasing. The kind of voice she's never used with him before. ]

You wouldn't have needed to wait if you'd had a little more self control in the first place.

[ But it doesn't seem like she's really scolding him all that much. After all - for all the time she'd needed to recover, it's not as though she hadn't enjoyed it. The comfortable quiet of just sharing a bed had been surprisingly enjoyable but...

Ai knows they're as bad as each other. So is this really a suprise? ]