Thomas sighed heavily, slipping fully on the bed now. He propped himself up on his elbow was he lay on the exquisitely comfortable mattress, watching this incredible woman as she continued to offer herself to him.<br/><br/>As if echoing her intentions, the belief that he could not deny a gift of Dana's rolled through his head. He had given his life to the goddess..to deny a gift she saw as a fit reward for his service would be to potentially invite her enmity.<br/><br/>"I've never...I've never known a woman. Such things are forbidden to a Paladin of Dana.." He said the words, knowing it wasn't much of an excuse when the woman WAS a gift of Dana, making the concept of rejecting her in Dana's name fairly moot. He said the words as more of an explanation for his reluctance..surely a woman like this had never had a man hesitate to accept her.