"Well, that is ... very true. I just wish it wasn't so. Although I am glad to know compassion, once more." It seemed a long time since he had had any.

"So you're the one -- he keeps telling me to stop being a doter." Dorian's lips quirk, "Then ... perhaps all who matter, won't care at a bit."

"You are. Kissing my hand, ready to firmly guide our friends towards reason, willing to be naked for me." He arched an eyebrow, "Just who is courting who here, Cole?"