>>5630706She looks at you thoughtfully, and then almost sadly.
“I think… Maybe I’m dreaming? And that means that, since these dreams started after I met… Him… And after he and I… In this garden… Well… And it’s only, you sound so similarly, and you are SO so alike..”
You tilt your head, waiting her embarrassment out, and finally she simply can hold it back no more.
“I think you’re Long Wang!” she cries, and squeezes her eyes shut. “I think… Oh Gods forgive me… I think I have maybe… Been exoticizing the poor, s-strange, but SWEET and THOUGHTFUL man, so much so that in my dreams he’s some, some, some MONSTER.”
She blinks, and flushes, raising her hands.
“N-n-no offence meant! That’s so, SO rude of me! You asked me not to call you that, I know, but… I think I’ve almost, sort of, seen him as such an OTHER, so STRANGE and MYSTERIOUS, that I just… Subconsciously… Equated him to a, a, to… Umm…”
“Me,” you finish for her, feeling merciful.
Eka nods.
You regard her, considering what to do about this arrangement. Your will be taking her on a date tomorrow, at the very least… And with things between you more formal, the Paladin King’s blessing within your reach, you may soon be wed. You may not have to wait much longer, then, to breed with her with the full permission of she and her family. After that… The truth will inevitably emerge. To tell her now, though, would risk all that before the baby is born—the demigodly child which was your whole purpose in coming here, assuming that false identity, delaying your return to your Beloved One back home!
But… Isn’t that what a Knight Ascendant would do? It’s not EXPLICITLY in the code. Eka’s never directly INQUIRED as to your true name or identity as Long Wang… But hiding your true self from her isn’t exactly proud, brash, boldness equal to an Antipaladin of your patron Dark God…
And anyway, Ekaterine looks so pathetic, and so lost.
