It is the oldest trick because it works, not so? Besides, you are not like to have another opportunity at a living one of my kind. We must make best use of our time.

[He shifts beneath Nehan, resettling himself to accommodate the erune. His eyes are bright and eager as he studies the other man.]

Though I am much too comfortable to get up for that.

Now, [he wraps an arm loosely around Nehan's shoulders, cups the right side of the man's face with his other palm,] how much license am I permitted with you?