<strong>Rudolpho with Alexis in Rudolpho's room</strong><br/><br/>This time, he kept the coin out.  Slowly turning it, he continued to speak to the woman with him, his voice soft.  "Interesting trinket, no?  It's something my father picked up somewhere.  Not a great deal of magic to it, but what magic it does have seems pretty effective."  He tried to use the device to take the woman deeper into entrancement, hopefully lowering her resistance to him, and more importantly, to the words he would tell her.  "Relaxing to watch it, isn't it?  Makes you want to just sit there and watch, and maybe close your eyes and sleep...  but if you sleep, you'll close your eyes, and you want to watch it, so keep watching it."<br/><br/>Now, the man stood, putting his glass down, but keeping the coin before her.  "Yes, more relaxed, and more open to my words.  Isn't that right?"  He reached out to softly straighten her hair, which was a bit wild.  His touch was light, and almost like a caress.