It was a bit awkward to try and sit with her legs off the side of the hammock, so Sabine slid her whole body in, sitting up one side. Wanting to be close to Peiter, she took his arm and gently encouraged him to join her. The hammock wasn't big enough to wrap the two of them completely, but it was enough to support their lower halves together without fear of falling out.

"No. You did not offend me," Sabine said with a smile, "It was..." Sabine paused as her expression lowered again. She couldn't just name her feelings and use that as an excuse. She knew she would have to explain thoroughly. "It is not simple. Three and a half years ago, in Black Marsh, one of our missions from Hircine was to seek out a cult of Molag Bal. We were meant to negotiate a truce. They were frightening people, but their leaders agreed to a truce if we helped them destroy an organisation of vampire hunters. With the cult, we ambushed them and routed them. Though, Fendros and Ahnasha were captured." Sabine's tone turned particularly solemn as she continued, "We tracked them to a settlement where we able to attack with the cult. I did not do as much fighting. I went to find them." Sabine's eyes showed a little fear with her memories and she looked down from Peiter's face, "When I found them, in a dungeon, I saw they had been tortured. Afterwards, we had to hurry back, because the hunters had sent an attack upon the cult at the same time." Sabine glanced up at Peiter, "That is where Rhazii got his burn scars." She looked down again, "That day was not the end of Fendros and Ahnasha's pain. They had to watch one another suffer torture and...they had nightmares. For years, they had nightmares, almost every night, sometimes when they were awake during the day. They still have repeated, painful nightmares. If they had not found Najirra, they would have done something very bad by now. I saw how continued their pain was."

Sabine swallowed and looked at Peiter directly now, looking as if she was going to be upset. "When the hunters found us the day before yesterday, we were almost captured, you almost died. You saw the pain on Ciinriel's face when the pride was rescued, it was the same for Fendros and Ahnasha!" Sabine let loose a tear, "That could have been one of us, or both, watching each other!" Sabine put her head forward so it was up against Peiter's chest. She held him closely, "I wanted to be with you, but I was scared of that pain if I was that close to you. But, I couldn't...I could not get my feelings out of my head. I kept being close to you. Now, I still cannot deny it, even after avoiding you. It is painful trying to avoid you! And-" Sabine tried to take a shaky breath, "I do not want to feel the pain any more."

"We will not be needing much," Janius responded to Colours, devoid of humour. To Kaleeth, he gave her the same tone, "I'll let you see for yourself."