[quote=@Thanqol]
[Spending a string] How could she claim - if not your heart, if not your service, but your craving? What word, what touch, what caress, what slip of clothing must she give to make you want her? Even if you don't act on it, even if your vows and heart lie elsewhere, how could she make you feel [i]torn [/i]about it?

It may also be better to answer not in what she might do, but what she does.
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That's the thing about Kalaya. There are steps you can take, do take, but even as you do them you can see the results are somewhat ... limited. Muscles are impressive, as are feather touches and soft skin. Smiles and sweet words and feats of strength. They are opposite ends of the same ... rather [i]tempting[/i] scale.

But temptation has its limits with Kalaya. She's very good at holding herself back from it. For oath and honour, a Knight is a Knight after all. Will she feel a jolt from the way your eyes stare at her when she comes to you? Yes. But will she feel [i]torn?[/i]

That is harder. She will feel sad, if she disappoints you. She will feel upset, if she has to fight you. But to make her [i]want [/i]you have to bury a different sort of hook into her heart than physical desire. If you want her to really feel the pain of choices that will come down the line, there is only one thing you need to do ...

Be a Good Girl.

You see, it's not Ven's arm or her strength or her kisses or even their friendship that chains Kalayas heart to hers. It's that, deep down, Kalaya believes that she is Good - despite all current evidence - it is all weighed against the girl that she grew up alongside and how they would stand up to bullies, look out for each other and always help those in need.

You helped her at Kingeater. Fought demons alongside her. That counts. A few more Good deeds - helping the Kingdoms or the small people that Gods and Royalty forget - and you'll find you've buried your hooks in her heart right well enough.

But maybe the real question is: [i]can [/i]you keep it up? [i]Can [/i]you keep being Good? Either really or pretending well enough and long enough to fool her?