Tehr swallowed, audibly.  He opened his mouth to speak and found it dry and without voice.  The nymph's beauty had stolen his words away for a moment, and he needed to close his eyes to recompose himself.  Opening his eyes again it was only worse.  Her beauty was unearthly and he found that either she was casting some spell on him or normal mortals were not meant to look upon such a natural wonder.   Yet he could not again draw his eyes away from her.   The legends of nymphs stealing men away, seducing them, holding them as lovers for years or even decades till they bored of them, all of these things suddenly made perfect sense to Tehr.  His erection throbbed almost painfully with desire and need but he somehow managed to speak, letting his intellect overrule the cry of his body.<br/><br/>"I came to only request the lock of hair my lady."  He said in a voice that cracked slightly on the last word.  "As much as I would desire more of you, I suspect you're aware that you know the effect you have on men.  Since I have so little to offer you I dare not request anything more than I came for."<br/><br/>He swallowed again, choking back the words that were on his tongue, begging this unearthly beauty to let him kiss her, to lay with her, to ravish her.  He instead said, "since I have no gift that I can offer you material, I can offer you few things.  I would offer you the obvious, and certainly that would be a gift to both of us, but as you said it's not something you need."  He gestured at his turgid and swollen cock.<br/><br/>"The only other things I can think that might hold interest to you are the following, and hope that one of these interests you."  He licked his lips and prayed that one of these might be enough to keep the Nymph's interest, "I can sing you a song taught to me by my mother called "The Lady of the Wood."  I warn you however, I am no bard and make no great promises of my voice or tone.  The other thing  I could offer is my knowledge, I am well read and schooled in many things arcane and would offer you that knowledge or would gladly carry back any information you wish to my libraries to inform or misinform my colleagues as you wish."<br/><br/>He paused, unsure if he wanted to involve Tera in this, but risking it anyways, "If you desire something more personal, nearby I left my friend and lover, Tera.  She is a beautiful elven woman, fair of face and body.  While no match for your beauty, she is a sight to behold.  I would be willing to ask her if she would be willing to lay her, while you watched, if such a gift might appeal to you.  I suspect she would find such a prospect exciting and would accept."<br/><br/>He took a deep breath, this last was a dangerous gift but he was in a dangerous position as it was and she held all the cards anyways.  "The last I have to offer is simply my friendship.   I am an honest and kind man, so I was raised by my mother.  I was taught by my father to respect the old ways, and he was a woodsman and hunter at heart.  While I am a man, and will always be of the city, I will offer to come visit you, when you wish, as long as I am able, and spend some time with you.  I can bring you news of the world of man, stories of far away lands that I have heard, or even, obviously if you wish it, simply a warm body to lay with."<br/><br/>If only he had his signet ring with him he could have offered at least a magical spell or two, but all that he had memorized wouldn't impress her, and he'd been told to travel naked.  He knew that he was in as much danger as when they faced down the mountain lion, if not more, and prayed that no fear crossed his face.   Though if it did, it would have to war with lust anyways.