Dal-Giulikian did notice how enormous Ari is about this.

He also has no reason to take this slow.

Ari is pleased about this as well. There's not much about this situation Ari isn't pleased with.

Is he pleased when Dal-Giulikian shoots his load inside Ari's hole?

He is, he is! It's very pleasing.

Good, Dal-Giulikian can then lend a helpful mouth to finish Ari off.

That won't take long.

Dal-Giulikian is not particularly surprised and drinks every drop.

He puts his arms under Ari to easy him off in a standing position once the energy spheres are dismissed.

"Thanks," Ari says, leaning on Dal-Giulikian. "That was great!"

"Don't mention it."

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Thanks." He takes a long admiring look downwards. "You probably want to put your clothes back on."

"Maybe you do," Ari scoffs. "I'm perfectly comfortable."

He snorts. "Let's see what your friend and the merchant guy are up to then."

Ari will happily follow.

They find Temple and Henry discussing the merits of different schools of magic when casting wards. There is a chart. It's an impressively large and complex chart given how little time the two have been discussing the topic.

Ooh, chart.

"Hallo!" Ari says.

"Hey," kiss. He puts squeezes Ari's butt check and leaves it there. "Temple here knows at least twelve different ways to protect people from fire. Like, literally."

"My family kinda needs it," Temple mentions distractedly.

He is distracted enough to not even ogle Ari.

"How d'you mean?"

"My ancestors manage an amazing feat of magical engineering that stores vasts amounts of lifeforce and sorcery gifts that male members of the bloodline can tap into. But every so often monsters show up in the forest around our house. That's why they accuse us from having something to do with the demon you killed. The place was somewhat close."

"Mixed bag, that. Sounds like you've got it under control, though."

Temple shrugs. "On the upside, we got really good at fighting weird monsters and how to defend against them. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out I am better protected than all the chiefs of whatever a couple of rooms away."

"Fighting monsters'll do that," Ari agrees.

"Yup. I can give you some pointers if you need someone well-warded."

Ari shrugs. "I could probably do with some, my homeworld's full of demons and I fight them on a pretty regular basis."