Sharlin holds out for a little while, but after the first, the second doesn't take nearly as long, and, while she's not passed out from bliss, she'll be out of commission for a little while, at the least.<br/><br/>Aviendha had returned to her natural form, and even adjusted her clothing, back to the simple, clean outfit she'd worn while being kept as a slave.<em>It was my fault. I made the mistake, and offended you. I should not have assumed,</em>she replies, curtly, still a little distant from reality, barriers which had fallen around him hastily erected. They wouldn't last long, but he'd shattered the comfort she felt around him, for the moment.