[Hector slips beneath the blankets and sets the bottle on Isaac's chest. Isaac bade him fetch the wine. He'll sulk if he doesn't at least sip at it.]
What tool would you use to flog someone for so 'deeply personal' an offense? [The question comes breathy to his lips, as if he were speaking of a flirtation, not bodily harm. With them, maybe it is one and the same.
He starts to picture it, Isaac in fine garb, and Hector stripped to the waist, bound to a flogging post. His pulse flutters, and he doesn't turn to try to meet Isaac's gaze in the darkness.]
Would that be another of your examples for all to see, or would I merit a private audience?
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What tool would you use to flog someone for so 'deeply personal' an offense? [The question comes breathy to his lips, as if he were speaking of a flirtation, not bodily harm. With them, maybe it is one and the same.
He starts to picture it, Isaac in fine garb, and Hector stripped to the waist, bound to a flogging post. His pulse flutters, and he doesn't turn to try to meet Isaac's gaze in the darkness.]
Would that be another of your examples for all to see, or would I merit a private audience?