Courage is not simply one of the virtues,
His name had his head tilting like a dog. He continued washing her but made it clear he was listening by giving her a quiet hum that encouraged her on.
Whatever he'd expected her to say, it wasn't 'thanks,' and he slowed to blink into her intense gaze. Assuming she meant the shower, his smile appeared soft and somewhat amused. He hadn't anticipated thanks, much less one with such sincerity, but perhaps he was doing a better job than he thought.
Without thinking much of it or the ways in which he would have meant this word in every other sense of her appreciation, Zavien dipped his head and said with such easy simplicity, "Anytime."
Suspecting that the topic had been properly addressed, he returned to his silent ministrations, finally moving to her legs. His hands ran down them with the same rhythm, but when he reached each foot, crouched awkwardly in the space before her, he indicated quietly for her to lift her foot from the floor where he could scrub it properly.
Whatever he'd expected her to say, it wasn't 'thanks,' and he slowed to blink into her intense gaze. Assuming she meant the shower, his smile appeared soft and somewhat amused. He hadn't anticipated thanks, much less one with such sincerity, but perhaps he was doing a better job than he thought.
Without thinking much of it or the ways in which he would have meant this word in every other sense of her appreciation, Zavien dipped his head and said with such easy simplicity, "Anytime."
Suspecting that the topic had been properly addressed, he returned to his silent ministrations, finally moving to her legs. His hands ran down them with the same rhythm, but when he reached each foot, crouched awkwardly in the space before her, he indicated quietly for her to lift her foot from the floor where he could scrub it properly.
Zavien
but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
