Lucius smirked as the young goddess (Paulette) complimented him, however she still never answered his question. Instead of entering her embrace he light grasped her right hand and kissed her palm, all while giving her a smoldering gaze. [b]"Your words warms my heart like a furnace for the damned. But to hear you speak so lowly of yourself on my behalf fills me with such guilt that I would nary think that they apply to my virtues. You are no mere prize to me, to be taken and used at my discretion, but a goddess who deserves my time and adulation. If only I could, in turn, earn the name and blessing of a magnificent being such as yourself."[/b] Letting go of the girl's hand he turned around and reached into his jacket. When he turned back to look at the girl he held out a [url=http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDc1MA==/z/nVcAAOxyF19SDv9v/$%28KGrHqR,!rQFID%29%28+s6zBSDv9vPC%29w~~60_35.JPG]tear-shaped stone[/url] to her. [b]"Allow me the honor of introducing myself. I am Lucius Cypher, a mere being of the celestial order. And this is Seraphinite, a mark of my station and I would pray, an offering to a divine creature such as yourself. If you so desire me, would you do me the pleasure of letting me know whom I have become so infatuated by?"[/b]