Swiftcurrent Creek There's a whole new master of magnetism in town.

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stark what? armand wished to tease. stark naked? stark raving mad? unbidden the boy chuckled; felt the brief sting of embarrassment; and then decided it mattered not. the man's eyes were upon his body as they enjoyed the pause of conversation — it seemed stark was happy to fill the quiet absence of armand's own words with his own. "it has been some time," the italian rejoined all the same, the words unfeeling upon his tongue. it had been too long since he had engaged in true discourse with another, and the memory of it was unfamilar. "are you alone now, stark?" armand inquired, attempting to fit himself into the nuances of a conversation, though it was with no skill, and perhaps stilted; tactless.[/tr][/td][/table]