The neomah knelt behind Darius, trembling and clearly fearful of the suddenly very assertive Jade.<br/><br/>Darius didn't look any less stunned, and it took an awkward amount of time for him to verbalize a response.  "I... grant you those boons, Harmonious Jade."  He cleared his throat, trying to put on a more formal tone.  Jade got the impression this was the sort of thing he'd only read about, which (given that she met him in a library, after all,) probably wasn't off the mark for a number of things.<br/><br/>"You are hereby first and foremost in my harem, and you have my word that no child of Malfeas shall be placed above any child of Creation in my harem."  He reached down and gently pulled Jade to her feet, and kissed her deeply.  Very deeply, in fact, and Jade could feel that it was something he had been holding back for some time.  When he finally broke off from the kiss, he turned to Yume.<br/><br/>"What boon would you ask in return for swearing yourself to me, Yume?"