“I’m… I’m sorry.”

As Lalani was staring starkly at Rupheus, sadness overflowing from her eyes, as her lackadaisical mood basically dropped, a frown on her face, as she suddenly rushed forward, tears beading at the edges of her gaze, a nonsensical, magical influence simply dropping from her form, altering her form in an equally odd manner.

As Rupheus watched Lalani’s form shifting absurdly, quickly sprouting up from the plucky, petite figure she’d had, as she suddenly grew half a foot taller before his very eyes, then, another half foot. And then, in front of Rupheus, as she took suddenly much larger steps towards him, she grew a whole foot once more, leaving her at nearly eight and a half feet tall, utterly dwarfing him, as she softly stepped around his form.

Then, as she stood still, staring down at Rupheus, she gingerly grabbed him from the ground, as though he weighed nothing at all, she moved a hand, once more, gingerly caressing it across Rupheus’s face, landing loosely grabbing his chin, as she nuzzled her head into his neck, she softly whispered into his ear, “Don’t worry… They won’t hurt you anymore…”

And as Rupheus experienced this absurd, tender caring attitude for the first time in his life, he wasn’t sure what it meant, but he was certainly sure of one thing.

Rupheus liked how she was treating him… And while it COULD be seen as demeaning towards him, she certainly wasn’t doing it with any negative intent, which made it even more noteworthy for Rupheus. But the most glaring fact that altered his mentality for the future he was certain of… The comparably titanic form of the elven beauty before him was most definitely exhilarating.

And even more, she wasn’t rude, or hateful, or spiteful, no… She seemed simply full of joy, and being around her, though it’d been less than a day, to be fair, was truly the height of his life, which, while speaking a great deal for his earlier life, made him quite certain of that fact’s authenticity.

And then, as she strode over to her door, opening it, before walking her way to an open library, bookshelves stacked nearly a hundred feet high, as Lalani held Rupheus in her giant, yet tender grasp, she leapt upwards nearly thirty feet, landing firmly on the fourth floor of the library, as she stepped around piles of scattered books, tens of dozens abound the floor, as she finally reached a point where she was sufficiently obscured from her father’s absurd sense.

Then, she gently laid Rupheus upon a giant book, nearly a stool, as he sat on the absurd cover, reading ‘A Giant’s Depiction Of Cruelty. Written by Archmaester Gethren Gianse Edelstern’, as Lalani was suddenly shifting back to her original size, hardly an inch shorter than Rupheus himself, as grabbed his hand in a ginger grasp, before walking over to a nearby bookshelf, as she unhooked an obscured latch, before pushing the bookshelf forward, revealing a hidden chamber behind the wall, as she pulled him into it.

Then, as Rupheus stood on the other side, he was met with well over a dozen more bookshelves, but these were distinctly different from the ones outside. Looking to the side, he saw one that was coated in various liquids, lying on the ground, the title of which shocked him, ‘ An Extensive Insight To Pleasuring You’re Master’, as well as countless other books of seduction and the like. This left a single thought in his mind, as he gawked at it. “What?”

And in response, Lalani, for the first time since their meeting, had significant distress blatantly displayed across her face, as she rushed to hide the books away, as Rupheus simply looked away, acting as if he hadn’t seen a single thing, simply whistling away to himself, as she obscured her specific books of interest. Then, as she stood before Rupheus, staring at the floor in stark embarrassment, as she tried to explain herself, “Well, I’m alone all the time, and I don’t have anything else to do… And I need to prepare for one day… And… Maybe that’s…”

Then, the look of distress suddenly faded, as though an idea had struck her that utterly overwhelmed her previous apprehension, and truly, that was what occurred, as she began sputtering wordlessly, before she donned a brilliant smile.

Then, she resumed speaking, her voice far firmer than before, “Maybe that day’s today…”

Rupheus was left standing thoughtlessly, as he gawked at the beautiful form before him, as he was once more left with the same simple minded thought.