"I'll not have you serve me any more than you'll have me be a farmer." Maric replied after blushing furiously at having his hand placed just above Nimues breast. "You are no servant girl. To me, you are much more. You are my love, and if you'll have it, someday my partner... My wife. I will tend to you as much as you tend to me.<br/>"All I want is to live simply and peacefully with you Nimue. I know you love Layla dearly, so I'll not force you away from her. If she can't live with us wherever we may go, I'll buy some land somewhere closeby where we may visit and be with her for a while. I know you care deeply for her after all. It is strange to think, but you are like her mother. You did say after all that you found her as an egg, an you take care of her so well. I believe that you are in fact, the closest she'll ever get to knowing another dragon if she never meets one. You may be in the form of a simple woman Nimue, and a very beautiful one at that, but you have a heart of a dragon."<br/>Maric's hand above her heart patted her gently, though he was careful not to move it any lower. He was still blushing furiously, and he did not know if she had another reason for putting it there other than to feel her heart. She did tend to tease him at times after all.<br/>"I can see it." He went on. "It is a skill that paladins are taught to do at the beginning of one's training. They can see the aura of one's heart to aid them in judging another's character. And your heart Nimue is among the brightest. I can see the pain that has scarred you so badly. It is beaten and bruised. Yet, there is such a vibrancy to it. It is of a pure color, for you care so much for the wellbeing of those around you, and it burns with the radiance and brilliance that I've only seen in Layla's.<br/>"I am proud that I could have reawakened such a heart." Maric said, placing more kisses along her neck. "And am honored that such a heart is in love with me."