Elann knew full well her husband's nature. Much like the eagle who picked at each feather to be in its proper place for the coming battle, so he seemed to look over himself in the same light as his false self. Her interruption was purposeful, as if stealing him back from the animal, and her gradual touch was met with shock. So intense was his gaze upon himself, he forsook all other things in the room.

On the outside, it seemed like Noah's skin was cool, but as they made contact, his body heat was clearly there. He wrapped his own hands in hers and flutterings of love filled their bond coming from her, though as he seemed to study upon what little of her he could see, she felt that love returned, not in response to her, but spawned from him.

"Mhmm!" she hummed happily toward him and kissed his back once more, her love for him growing increasingly as he rubbed her hands in the sweet way he did. This to her was romantic, and though she initiated it once again, he wasn't without participation in the event. 

He questioned her on her intent and she shook her head, slowly straightening up to see over his shoulder into the mirror. The brilliancy of her eyes seemed like two jewels set upon his shoulders and then they seemed to fade as her eyes closed, coming to rest her head upon his skin in an animal-like fashion; like a cat marking its territory by rubbing her cheek along the length of his shoulder as she sought his hands to hold hers.

"No," she whispered into his shoulder, seemingly the only warm thing coming from her being the breath that danced there upon his marked skin. "I'm wide awake, you?"