Frank lead Emily down the hall to a smaller bedroom and opened the door for her and then looked at her.<span style="color: #4dffa6">"I'm afraid i have to say no, but its about me, not you. i am well past my prime in life, i don't have the energy to chase children around full time or be a proper father... i am forty-two years old, my father died at fifty-one. for us mortals the whole point of having a child is to raise them to adulthood, from what i gather that takes you Dragonlings far longer then i have left on this world. i could never go to whatever afterlife awaits me in peace knowing i had intentionally failed as a parent by having a child i knew i wouldn't live long enough to raise."</span>he stepped inside and closed the door, the room simply furnished but comfortable enough with a very large bed, since these rooms had been furnished with Ashia's future children in mind.<span style="color: #4dffa6">"i have plenty of time left to possibly fall in love and live happily with someone, for you i might just be a stop on the road of your long life... but my age has its advantages, i am well past the greedy stage of my earlier years and far more emotionally mature so i can treat you right, once i learn how that is done in your culture anyway."</span><br/><br/>Yinxha stood up and then kicked Vyre's spear out of her hands across the room.<span style="color: #ff99cc"> "that is the last time you will threaten to rape me. enjoy your misery, i think it is as deserved as my own."</span>she walked around Vyre but went wide around her, twice as far as she figured the Elf could reach as she headed for the door.<span style="color: #ff99cc">"did i forget to mention that Ras said i could leave if i felt threatened? i will not return."</span>she slammed the door behind herself and locked it as she headed back to her own room.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>