[ahrun'ya clings to him, mouthing incoherently into his neck, tears of his own spilling onto elidibus's skin]

Themis... Themis, Themis...

[his breath hitches, and he can only murmur elidibus's name like a mantra. and even though he was trying to be careful earlier, his nails dig into elidibus's back as he loses himself to the feeling of his soul being touched]

It's so... so much...

[he can't bring himself to ask elidibus to stop, though--not yet]