"Six months.  And in all that time, have I ever hurt you?  That is, have I ever used anything even remotely like that...spiked thing...on you?"<br/><br/>Izzy leans against the slender girl, letting her hot breath brush feather-light across her neck.<br/><br/>"You are tense, Aku-Aku.  Shall I begin another round of teacher-student bonding rituals?"