Val withdrew his tendrils and instead magicked up a black robe to cover himself with. He fussed with the knot of the sash for a while. "I shouldn't have said that", he said, as always too gently. "It's alright for your body to want".

Adrien's eyes widened with tears. "No", he hissed. "No. No...! No! No!", he sobbed and growled. He didn't want to ever raise his voice - but if everything was going to end anyway, he could not have Val think it had been something so simple and understandable. "It wasn't that! It wasn't just that!", he cried.