[To all that anguish, all that strife, all that loneliness in that which is dark and damning and dreadful in every sense of the word, Gilgamesh leans forward and mutters only this to her ear:]
And yet you stand in the shadow of temptation itself.
[And he has no need to say much more, or to do much more beyond smile like the fox about to devour the hen. Perhaps it isn't far from the truth, for the countless he's swallowed up before her.
This may have been a mistake, Princess. This may have been the worst one you've ever made, as fire inspires as much as it burns.]
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And yet you stand in the shadow of temptation itself.
[And he has no need to say much more, or to do much more beyond smile like the fox about to devour the hen. Perhaps it isn't far from the truth, for the countless he's swallowed up before her.
This may have been a mistake, Princess. This may have been the worst one you've ever made, as fire inspires as much as it burns.]