…with scissors
now
the thin
crazy woman
follows Pahn and Eeunks
downstairs
her straight
black
hair flailing her pale skin
as she slashes ineffectually about
Pahn keeps Eeunks behind him
as he faces the woman down
He sees her face soften as he meets her eyes
and her movement slows
he catches her right wrist first
and then her left
and shakes the weapons from her hands
He
is swelled
with
a sense of confidence
and victory
and with this comes
an
incipient lust
He notes to himself
that
if it were a man whom he had disarmed
he
would be thinking only of his own further safety
but
she is not a man and as her threat
subsides
his
desire surges
He
tells Eeunks to go upstairs
as if for her safety
and leads this dark-eyed woman to the
bedroom…
…Pahn
is lying down beside her half
asleep
She
is sitting up
She
lies back murmuring into the pillow
staring
at the ceiling
Pahn rises a little leans over and looks at
her face
Her
features are mild
her eyebrows thin and black
He
closes his eyes
nuzzles into her
shirt
and
finds bare skin
He
thinks it is the skin below her breast
Though
his eyes are closed
and
his face is against her flesh
he
can see her lying on the bed
He
can see
her
body change as he kisses her skin
the
way her lungs fill
in short subtle gasps and
deflate in sighs and
her arms melt away
at
her sides
her
thighs and stomach tighten
slightly
and at the same time
his
arms
are scooping under her back
and
his heart
is
filling like a lake in the rain
after a long drought
here
in half-light
in
half-sleep
then
Eeunks and Aiks come in the open door
to
ask him what they are to do—
Aiks
does not appear worried
Pahn
wonders even if the dark-eyed woman is Aiks in
another form
but Eeunks looks a little concerned—
Pahn
sends them away
but
he has been awakened now and the
desire
is broken
and
though he still has hopes
he doubts
that
the moment can be retrieved
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