<div class="floatright">(http://puu.sh/o69Lc.jpg)</div>Nuria frowned when she saw Lorelei whisper into the massively endowed barbarian's floppy ear -- she didn't like secrecy much, except when there was good reason for it, but when the bard nodded towards one of the guards a moment later understanding lit up in her face.<br/><br/>No, the fire-woman wasn't very empathic -- except when it came to one thing. Passion. And despite her lack of appreciation for the finer verbosities that Lorelei conjured, she certainly understood what was going on there. She always stood by her remark that most men would think her awkward endearing -- and a<em>proper</em>man meet her forwardness in kind. It certainly was true that a lot of wimps gathered wherever life wasn't properly dangerous from day to day, but the Godlike hardly considered those males worthy lays.<br/><br/>From what others had been able to gather (or experience) so far, Nuria had some peculiar views on gender and potential partners. She desired her males to be strong, dominant and sexually aggressive -- she wasn't happy unless she had truly exerted herself and enjoyed it the most when it was quite literally a struggle for who could outdo the other. Or after battle, on top of their slain foes. Or during battle, if the opportunity presented itself. She thrived on danger.<br/><br/>Women, on the other hand, she seemed more flexible with. She enjoyed a fellow warrior and would go just as hard as with a male, but for others she had a gentler touch. The nourishers, the protectors, those who were soft and kind. One time when she was asked why, she simply shrugged, grinned and noted that a soft man couldn't be ridden properly. Apparently she<em>could</em>do double entendre if she wanted to.<br/><br/>She chuckled lightly, crossed her arms under her own chest -- ironically the smallest at the table despite their generous size -- and gave the demon girl a knowing look of her own. "If it's a bust, let me know. The race'll have my blood running hot sure enough." She paused and inspected her nails for a moment, then added with a smirk: "But we gotta go easy if Ayca's involved. An' wait a bit, don't want to carry her off before the second event."<br/><br/><em>Perhaps that answered one of the bard's unvoiced questions, if Nuria was happy to arrange an impromptu threesome for the after-celebration. She hadn't shown any signs of jealousy since Lorelei had known her, but that didn't mean that she never had or did. <br/><br/>Whilst not all details of her past had been made known, that Nuria had not always numbered among the Godlike -- those who were not quite mortal, but not quite gods -- that she was once human, was established among the Delvers. What price this transition had taken from her, what parts of her had simply burnt away to make space for the divine, no one but the fire-wielder could truly say -- and she didn't seem to (or couldn't) care, so it was hard to get her to speak of it, as with anything she wasn't interested in.<br/><br/>Which is to say, in many words, one simple truth: Nuria's mind worked in strange ways and could perhaps only truly be understood by those who were like her. And each Godlike was unique in their own way, so even that was not a guarantee.</em><br/><br/>At Lorelei's explanation, the brunette gave her a curt nod. She didn't truly get it how what she had said earlier meant what she was saying now, but that at least was simple enough. Nuria was by no means stupid, but she didn't seem to have a mind for poetry and wordplay -- fire was her art and she its artiste.<br/><br/>"Ahh," she nodded, then turned up an idea, for she knew how bluntness raised the bard's hackles just as too much ceremony did hers. "Too passive for my tastes, that last one. You really need to spice it up a bit, not just with fancy words." She ran her hands along the shaved sides of her head, massaging the naked skin briefly, before she leaned forward with a wicked grin. "Better to, say, be lifted high --" she gestured with her hand up, then turned it upside down "-- in reverse and get the tongues working on each other. Good for wrapping your legs around the shoulders, too, if you're flexible."<br/>