Looking up in shock at the response, Talli shook her head.  “No...I...I could not impose!”<em>Yes, you will sleep at her side.  Think of the fun I can have.</em>Cruel laughter echoed in her head as she tried to shake away the images being implanted in her mind's eye.  “Not safe...”  The last two words were whispered as her eyes darted up to meet Loof's before looking away again.  There was fear in her, that was true.  Yet it did not seem directed at the elf.<br/><br/>Despite herself, Talli's stomach grumbled as she caught a whiff of the cheese.  Taking the offered morsel she shoved the entire thing into her mouth.  Her nose wrinkled and face twisted in distaste yet she chewed as if it would be her last meal, swallowing the lump before she should have.  “Thank you.”   Thanks to the pain in her throat her voice was slightly strained.  And still that single bell rang as though someone were playing with it.  Even though the others remained still and silent.