Liliana Vess Defiant Necromancer

Everything had such terrible timing. For all that she was impatient for it before, now Liliana would have been fine with it taking much, much longer, rather than nipping what would have been a delightful interlude in the bud and bringing the spectre of the conversation back in full view.

Unspeakably rude to necromancers and yes that had been deliberate.

With a nearly inaudible sigh, Liliana drank her tea, rich with honey, allowing it to soothe her throat which was, she admitted at least to herself, somewhat raw from all that coughing.

And once her cup was empty and set aside, she said, far more normally, "I don't suppose I can convince you to continue on as we were, my darling, hmm?" Though he was saved from that agonizing choice by Liliana pulling the plug to start letting the water out and then rising to her feet to step out.