[He likes being held this way, being able to talk when they're entwined. It's uncomplicated, he doesn't have to worry about what to do with all his limbs or wonder if his face is giving too much away. Sometimes he forgets that he really is a serpent, underneath it all. How comfortable he is now serves as a reminder, but not an unpleasant one.]

Well, you'd have been in for a different situation if it'd been any other of my lot. You're lucky, is all, ending up with the most charming demon trying to chat you up. [It's nice, too, to talk about this freely. They've discussed their past before, just not in such detail with regards to their feelings, their perspectives.] I was never scared of you, not after that first day. I knew you'd never hurt me, it was always everyone else that I had to worry about. The arrangement was just an excuse to see you more.