No, that would be cheating. You cannot cheat any longer. It's something different for everyone, you know that.

[ Her eyes narrow, something stirring underneath the ice of her gaze. ]

I suppose it was for her, too. What was her answer?

[ If Dorian is paying any attention below, he may notice the glint of a knife flashing from the flicker of a weakening candle. It hangs low, mostly obscured by the skirts of her robe before she moves again.

The ice is ready to crack, just as her chin trembles. ]

Did you think that you could keep it from me forever? To what end? To do the same to me as you did her? [ A hiss. ] Did she fight? Did she beg?