Redtail Rise buoyant

that sucked, because he couldn't imagine anyone treating lilia differently than this. ancelin shut his eyes and leaned into her touch. "well, you deserve it." it lacked all nuance, a boy's statement of devotion, but maybe by now they had learned to read one another.
"i don't uh, feel close. to anyone. except you." he liked masque and redd, respected them, and gave the same awareness of relic's rank to the boy who had torn his face up.
but there was no intimacy there, not with anyone when it came to ancelin. save lilia. he felt vulnerable, but tried to sit with the feeling, assuring himself that she wouldn't ask for more explanation than he could give.