Ironically, even though an outside commentator might very well have called Nanook manipulative, he himself had been pretty open about all of his intentions. Marissa could have rejected him at any moment. She could simply have said that she didn't want to do this. Nanook would have tried to convince her otherwise, but in the end he would never have forced her. At any moment she could still have asked him his intentions, and he would have been quite open about them.<br/><br/>"Well, you would like to see a wagging tail, wouldn't you?" Grinning a bit, he looked up toward her. The grin was, of course, quite wolfish in the end and she probably could have noticed such a trait underneath it all. "I do like the idea that we'll go somewhere once you're done with my suit, though you can just machine wash it or whatever, alright?" Soon enough he figured that her comment about hugs meant that she had wanted one.<br/><br/>Nanook's arms were then draped around her neck and he rubbed her nose for a moment. "They used to call these Eskimo kisses, but they actually have no resemblance to anything that we actually ever historically did!" Snickering for a few moments he finally actually kissed her properly if she would have allowed him to, and then withdrew and let his arms drape down.<br/><br/>At this point she more than likely would have had to take a few moments to relax herself. Getting into the mood under which she would have been able to take care of what she had to tell him was going to be pretty difficult to say the least. For a few moments it even seemed that he was preparing himself with a stretch, though he also just had some stiffness to get rid of anyway.<br/><br/>To some observers it might have looked odd that he had to take time to prepare himself, but it really wasn't. Nanook wanted to be ready for hearing about pain that the girl he loved had faced. That pain was very much his pain as well in that case. He didn't actually want to think that she would have had to suffer so much. At this point when she had suffered he had symbiotically felt that as well.<br/><br/>Regardless he had soon joined her on the bed. Nanook had wordlessly made sure to get them both a glass of icy cold water before they went on with anything. He figured that she might very well have needed it. Shutting his eyes, he turned the ceiling fan on and looked toward the fan that was in the window. "Are these too loud? Honestly I really don't use air conditioning much!" It didn't really need it today, but he didn't want that famous Los Angeles smog getting in.<br/><br/>Eventually he made his way right back onto the bed after having taken a few sips, and he was curled up next toward her with his eyes now totally shut. Sighing in turn, he tried to nuzzle her. He would have gotten quite close if she didn't feel too hot, or uncomfortable by his motions. Should she have felt otherwise, though, then he would have simply withdrawn from her. Shaking his head, it seemed like he had wished to do nothing that might have disrupted her in anyway.<br/><br/>Understanding that this was a very big deal for her at the moment, he didn't want to do anything that would have jeopardized it. While he had needed to hear what it was that she was going to say, he also figured that it must have been some form of catharsis for her. He wanted her to feel open.<br/><br/>"Would it help if I turned some music on to relax you?" Nanook then laughed at the question. "If I did, then you would pick the music, not me!" He figured that any of the music that would have come to mind for him would have just given her a headache at this point.<br/><br/>Sighing almost silently, should nothing else have impeded him he would have then started to play with her hair. He had no idea if she would have permitted that. Nevertheless, he reflected for a moment on their relationship without saying anything.