For the brief moment Lilium's eyes widened, Ureck felt a pang of guilt as he realized the boldness of his action. He hadn't exactly made many efforts to get to know the kitsune better as they had traveled together, and so it quickly became glaringly obvious to the collie how blunt both his questions and actions really were. Feeling her hand on his, he almost wanted to grit his teeth, brace for the moment his hand would be pushed away, told how uncouth his actions really were. Yet when that moment never came, his gaze again trailed down to where she now pressed his paw into her belly, and at once he felt the heat radiating from her soft fur, feeling her inner power seep through his pawpads and into his own form. Ureck soon relaxed.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Sillyness wrote:</cite>“It’s quite unlike any other pleasure felt in this world. In more then a single sense. For me, first I feel empowered knowing a life is trapped inside of me, bent to my will. To know that I have that power over another persons life gives me such a sense of control. Then, when my body feels the first nutrients from their body enter my intestines it’s a rush of pleasure, often at times more then enough for me to achieve a full, satisfying orgasm”</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Although she'd never know it, the collie remained surprisingly lax when the mentioned the peak of her pleasure, the idea making so much sense in the philosophical dog's mind. He had experiences the power she described first hand, albeit only passingly when she had teased him with her tongue. Yet already he could understand her talk of entrapment, of losing power over yourself, of having that life placed in the hands of the one who claimed you. Much of it seemed to mirror his own existence under the Grangers: trapped in their web of plans, forced to do as they pleased, watching the toy with lives as they wished. Yet as he spoke with Lilium now, such thoughts towards predators felt so distant, no longer frightening so much as awe-inspiring...<br/><br/>Soon Ureck found his attention captured by Lilium's explanation of how kitsune maintained their life forces, a topic that appealed to Ureck on many levels. It seemed so poetic somehow, the need to take a life to maintain their own, the taking of a soul permanently into oneself and becoming forever a part of a life. It was an approach to predation that had never crossed his mind before, the idea that some hunters did not take their kills lightly. For some, it was a matter of survival, a fact of their lives, and they sought to draw as much pleasure as they could from it, make sure none of their victim's sacrifice went wasted. He found himself wanting to believe that's what happened on the night that changed him, the night she had been taken from him forever...<br/><br/>It was about then Lilium brought his hand down her body, stopping only when his fingers were just short of her privates. He could feel the energy within her more potently than ever, the energy she had taken from her unfortunate meal earlier today. His mind drifted involuntarily back to her earlier words, of prey empowering her, filling her with pleasure, driving her to climax. If such things were done in seriousness, to extend the life of one as potently charming and entrancingly exotic as her... how bad could it really be? He felt his hand slide slowly lower, the tips of his claws and fingers teasing oh-so-closely to her smooth nether lips. Perhaps it wasn't his time to restore her life force, but maybe he could stimulate her all the sa-<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Allie wrote:</cite>"Wha? Me?"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Lilium would feel his hand slide up onto her thigh, the collie snapped out of his reverie and turning to face the shifter. It only took a moment for his next thought to follow:<span style="font-style: italic">...Drat.</span><br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Allie wrote:</cite>"Okay, it's like this: You know how food tastes really good right after you work? It's like that, but stronger- I mean, way stronger. Like you've been goin' at it all day, running around an' working an' stuff, and when you're done there's this HUGE feast waiting for you. Like, the best food you've ever eaten. Only the food is giving you a tummy rub when you eat it, and it feels awesome."</div></blockquote><br/><br/>As colloquial as Sherani's terminology may have been, Ureck remained as bright and attentive as ever, always interested in such aspects of philosophy even if they didn't work him up quite as much as another. His tail could be seen swaying gently as he listened, nodding as she detailed the dynamics of work and satisfaction and rolling it through his mind. "Yes..." he began, speaking for the first time since his inquiry. "I understand exactly what you are saying, Miss Sherani. It is..." He snapped his fingers a few times, trying to find the right words. "It is the idea that when you have worked a great deal to procure something, not only are you in a state where you need it more, but there is the satisfaction of earning it yourself." He chuckled. "It is admitedly not an idea I ever associated with predators, but now that you mention it... hmm..."<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Allie wrote:</cite>"Welp, I'm gonna hit the hay so's I can get finish gettin' the prana out of these two. Somebody... somebody wake me up when it's my turn to watch, okay?"</div></blockquote><br/><br/>"Of course Miss Sherani," he responded, grinning softly as he watched the shifter fall asleep on her self-made bed. Of course, the collie hadn't a clue how long a watch should be, nor how to do it particularly effectively, but in his current mood none of it seemed to matter. His eyes soon returned to Lilium, his smile growing more apologetic. "...I am sorry if my question was a bit... brash. It has really got me thinking, though... of a lot of things..." He took to peering at the stars once again, and despite his apologies for being blunt, his hand remained placed on her leg...