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Annie is on her trike on her way to school.
This van labeled HAZARDOUS MATERIALS is also on its way to school.
The van hits a patch of black ice. It goes spinning, it turns over, it slices itself open on a wrought-iron fence with spikes, and it disgorges boxes which smash open on the pavement. Some of them skitter clear into the slush.
Some of them - along with most of the van - land on Annie.
There is a whirl of bewildering pain and confusion -
- and she falls to the ground, injured and in more kinds of discomfort beyond that and moaning.
She slowly starts to heal before the eyes of her sole witness.
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Stalas nods agreement.
The arl makes a dismissive motion with one hand. "You saved my life, I'm hardly going to make you sleep on the ground."
The arl makes a dismissive motion with one hand. "You saved my life, I'm hardly going to make you sleep on the ground."
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Arrangements are made for the three of them to stay at the castle. The betrothed couple get a lovely guest suite to themselves.
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And Annie has spent the last several nights being continually carried around by a golem and not having premarital relations with her fiancé and that just won't do.
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"It occurs to me," says Stalas, "that the room we're in is... less soundproof than your suite in Caridin's house."
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"And, ah. You have been known to make... sounds," he goes on. "Delightful sounds, but perhaps not ones you want to be making where the arl's servants can hear you."
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"I. Did not know that. I mean I assumed I wasn't totally silent but. Oh god how loud am I."
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"Kind of loud! If I'd thought anyone but me could hear you I would've said something by now, but it slipped my mind."
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"Oh nooooo," she mumbles into his shoulder, blushing very bright. "Okay. Um. I suppose I could just attempt to talk, continuously, I can hear that with what I think is normal volume variation... that sounds hard. I could stuff something in my mouth but I don't know if that will keep me quiet or just restrict me to zero consonants and few vowels. I could attempt to hold my breath a lot..."
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Nuzzle. "Are there any other things I have not noticed because I am variously impaired?" she says.
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Sigh. "I don't know whether to trust any of my ideas but it's been days and you insist on being persistently and overwhelmingly attractive," she grouses.
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"Sorry!" Snuggle. "I could interrupt you if you get loud, if you don't mind the inevitable awkwardness... we could've taken the room at the inn but that would probably have been worse soundproofing-wise..."
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"...The first response that springs to mind is 'but I like your face', which I am sharing because I expect it to delight you and not because I think you should govern your actions by it in any way," says Stalas.
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Giggle. "I'm glad you like my face but I don't know how else not to scandalize the servants. You can watch my face when we're home again."
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"Fully acceptable. Though I guarantee you the servants have heard worse."
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And so Annie finishes taking off all clothes that go over her head and then buries her face in a pillow. "Am I inaudible?" she yells, muffled.
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She pulls her head up. "Well, I'll try to keep it down as best I can, let me know if I slip up."