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germanicus blinked. "by the laws of mereo we are to be married." he had preached it enough. he had even punished kallik for it. 

the eagle watched fennec rearrange herself. she was precise and he saw how her brisk attentions might be construed as more. her humoured response told him that she had thought of it casually as he did.

but still he studied the golden woman and found the idea of using her as some sort of an outlet to have been a deeply dishonorable choice on his part. 

he prepared for her rebuttal, which he assumed would be a cutting rejection of their hierarchy's command. and there was nothing he wished to do upon that front. the idea was preposterous to utter. he saw the complete worthlessness of that law as they sat near to each other.

and yet germanicus also saw the centered practicality of such swiftness. 

"or we guard this choice of hypocrisy together and let it be ours." his voice climbed toward something that could not quite be humour.