Pretend this is real for a while

R E M I "No?" Remi asked with mock confusion. "You mean that is not how you won Devrum over?  I would have thought a man like that would rather like you looking like you popped out of a deer carcass." Creating a sharpened blade in his hand, he held it out towards Vai. "Watch—" He whispered, feeling a boyish thrill wash over him. Holding up his hand, all of the bits of earth that were still attached to the deer's pelt rose into the air, amalgamating into a ball that could be easily gotten rid of. Remi wasn't exactly sure what part of his magic this was, other than that his affinity with the earth seemed to have blossomed, for lack of a better word. "A bloodbag?" He cringed. "No, this was not like that. I...ah.." Of all the secrets he'd shared with the huntress over the time he'd known her, somehow this one felt particularly strange to admit. "I was on the Bone bridge that spans across the misty gulf, when an avalanche struck. Samuel, an ascended, was there as well. We both fell—I flew of course—but he landed quite hard at the bottom. We were lucky enough to make it into a cave before the remainder of the snow fell, but he was badly...not wounded I suppose, but drained? He asked if he could drink from me. I...I never knew much about bloodbags back in Northaven, but this seemed so different from that. And he looked so weak, I said yes." Lowering his gaze and swallowing, the alchemist studied his hands for a moment, before one came up to trace the healing-wounds on the side of his neck. "Vai it felt..." Heat rushed to his cheeks at the memory, and self-consciously his eyes dropped to his feet. "I almost cannot describe it. It felt incredible, but not...not in the way relaxation can feel incredible, or having your muscles rubbed after a long days work...This was..." This felt hard and awkward, but honesty had ever been his policy and if anyone was going to judge him, it would not be Vai. " ...It was sexual. I have never wanted someone so much in my life. Even after everything with Loren, this was like...eclipsing." Remi swiped awkwardly at his eyes. "He had to drink a few times and each time it was worse. And by worse I mean better and stronger." Glancing up, Remi gave the huntress a confused and helpless sort of shrug. "And I do not even really know him, but it feels as if we have gone to bed together. " Then, with a cold bark of a laugh he added, "And because he is an ascended, I do not even believe he really felt anything."