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>>160672She turns her head back, again with the awkward smile.
“It
was rather fun sometimes.”
Silver may recall how he returned home two nights ago to see Mala’s mane styled in a feminine manner.
She looks down, then back up again
“But yes, I would rather be a housewife.”
>>160673"What
do you think you could do with my mane, anyway? Think you could style it to be as fancy as Mala's was?"
>>160674“Well…”
She looks down again, and smiles. But this smile is unlike any she has made earlier in the night, and indeed, unlike any smile Silver has ever seen on this particular Kirin. It’s a playful smile.
“Well… you
could[ trim the back a little, so that it falls down your side in a natural pattern.” She leans forward, and makes a movement with her hoof that implies she would touch his mane, if only there were no table separating them.
“And you could cut your mane in front a little shorter, to keep it out of your eyes…”
>>160675Silver leans over the table slightly, to provide easier access to his mane.
"Previously it was just myself cutting my own mane, and I will admit I am not nearly as good as you are. I do like what you did with Mala, so maybe there is way you could dress my mane?"
>>160676Now the smile is more embarrassed.
“I styled the gnoll’s mane like a mare…”
>>160677"Still, I thought it looked good on him."
He sits back in his seat.
"But still, if there was way you could dress my mane as you would do it..."
>>160678“Well…”
She places a hoof to her chin, and squints her
perhaps naturally squinted eyes a little, looking at Silver’s mane.
“I have not styled that many stallion’s manes outside of simple cuts for foals, farmers, and soldiers. I do not know much. I could try though….” She says
>>160679He smiles.
"I think you could do great job, making something more fancy for stallion like me." The unicorn taps a hoof against his chin. "You know, Clip has rather mare-like mane. I am not sure if he wants it styled, but I bet you could do wonders with him."
>>160680She’s silent for a moment, but then answers.
“That’s the older of the three colts, right? Who is he, exactly?”
>>160681"Yes, he is oldest of three. He was colt on sacrificial altar there at end of Hoebuck, and he got there by trying to flee persecusion in New Mareland and got tricked by traffickers."
>>160682She opens her mouth and eyes wide.
“So he was the pony on the altar… that’s terrible. I think it is good you are giving him a place to stay.”
>>160683Silver nods and smiles at her.
"I got him potion to help accelerate his healing and strengthen him. It seems to have done great work already, and I will still help with his needs until he recovers."
Silver takes a mental note to change Clip's bandages and, if he requires help with it, give him a bath.
>>160684She nods.
“I see. You’ve done this to quite a few creatures. Do you think you will do this more in the future?”
>>160685"If I have means to. And if you approve."
>>160686She nods, but seems unsure
“I see…”
>>160688Now this definitely has her eyes wide. She pulls her lips back.
“Heh…”
>>160689Silver closes his eyes and smiles warmly to his kirin. He chuckles a bit before opening his eyes once more.
"You know you will be matriarch of household, and you will have say in what happens. Just because I will be provider and you housewife does not mean we do not work together for betterment of household."
>>160690She moves her head down, and her ears down, smiling widely with teeth, and blushing.
“Are you
sure…”
>>160691"Never been more sure in my life."
He goes to grab her hoof.
"I do not know if you think it is too early for marriage yet, but I do know at very least I would like you to officially be my marefriend, Khoi."
>>160692Her ears are down, she is blushing, and she has that wide, toothy smile that shows off her small fangs. But she looks directly into Silver’s eyes, and lets him hold into her hoof. She does not say anything, sitting there in silence.
The unicorn waitress comes, and places the snowflake cake next to their crossed-hooves.
The fur on her hoof is rather fine, and soft as well.
>>160693Silver quickly thanks the waitress, and returns to looking lovingly into his kirin's eyes. Her red ones meet his blue, and in their minds they make a purple aura that surrounds the pair. He holds and feels the softness of her hoof, and she in turn can feel the soft frog on the bottom of his own.
>>160694“I…” she looks down, then back up.
“I have a couple reservations, to be honest.” She says
>>160695There is a certain determination to Silver's voice as he speaks.
"Tell me."
>>160696“Well…” she looks away.
“You are a bit… old.” She says
>>160697"Oof, you wound me, love." While the tone in his voice that of him kidding and joking, internally he is a little hurt by the idea of him being
that old. "I still have many years of strength in me yet, I feel it in my heart. I will not leave you widow while you are still young. I also still feel it within me that I still have strong life and energy in me to give out to my foals. I remain quite fertile
and virile."
>>160699"Nopony knows exactly how many years they have left, but in my heart I can feel more than enough to see our foals become adults, and for us to enjoy life together after."
>>160700“Are you sure you have more than twenty years?” She asks skeptically
>>160701Silver nods, again with determination. Internally, his mind is racing, considering how many years he does actually have and what, if anything, could be done about it. He is an adventurer after all, and he has already done more than anypony else could imagine. Surely there is
something out there...
>>160702“And about the wounding. Your work is so dangerous… you are not likely to live to old age…”
>>160703"Even those in very safe careers may not live to see old age. It is dangerous, but I am also not stupid. I have experience to know how to survive, and it has helped to keep me alive for this long already."
>>160704“And another thing.” She says. “Before we left, I saw you with Jubilosa.”
>>160706“And I know that you and her have been”
She tries to complete this sentence with hoof gestures, but it isn’t clear what, if anything, she is or is trying to communicate.
>>160707Silver gets the general idea.
"Relations?"
>>160708“Yes.” She says, placing both legs down on the table
>>160709"What you and Jubilosa want are not same thing. You want to be wife and mother, to be housewife and honor your parents, but Jubilosa is what you would call 'liberal female'. She does not want committed relationship yet, nor does she want to be mother. She already found her life partner once before, but he was Resistance fighter in Sicameon and fell to New Mareland's invasion of her homeland. She wants to, in her own words, experience life while she is young, see exotic places like Aquileia. She also just wants attention and finer things in life, and we both think that ponies and griffons are too different biologically to have children together naturally."
>>160710“So you will stop having relations with her as I become your marefriend?”
>>160711Silver purses his lips together at the topic they are currently discussing on their date.
"She poses no threat to you as potential wife, nor is there threat that she becomes pregnant with my foals. You both seem to like each other, and you both like me. Perhaps there is other option, like...I suppose 'concubine' would be right term for it."
>>160712She blinks, and scrunches
“Would you like it if I were having sexual relations with another creature?” She says
>>160713"Uh...I suppose as long as I knew that it was happening, who it was, we were friends, and that you still loved me."
>>160714She does not reply in words
>>160715"Are concubines not thing in Ngua Nam?"
If there's a roll Silver needs to make or not...
>>160716“Well, for some of the wealthy, yes.”
Silver may want a persuasion roll
>>160718Not terrible.
The cake is still on the table, untouched
>>160717>>160718He smiles at his kirin, and kisses her hoof.
"Even with Jubilosa still there, I would still and do still love you. I would still be your husband, I would still be father to your foals, I would still be there for you for many years, and you would still be able to live happy, comfortable life as noblemare housewife."
>>160719"Now, come on, my love. We have some cake to try together."
>>160720She simply looks at him uncomfortably.
>>160721Well, at least Silver tries the cake.