[It's after dinner, and Lyle is just sitting on the couch. Today has been a long, tiresome day. There isn't a part of his upper body that isn't sore thanks to that mobile suit battle that took up all morning and afternoon.]
Sorry, but I don't think I'll be up for a patrol tonight. We'll have to put that off until tomorrow.
[That had gotten Lyle's full attention. His eyes were wide, and a look of pure surprise was written all over his face. He would never ask someone for something so intimate.]
Okay, I didn't mean to say that. I mean, it'd help, but I'm not the type of guy to ask something like...well, that.
[It's tempting to tease her by asking if this is just a ploy to get his shirt off, but he's still feeling pretty tired and not in the mood for a gamble. He sheds his jacket, then removes the shirt underneath, and lies down. Lyle is by no means a muscular man, but he's very much in shape, so Caster will be greeted to the sight of a toned back when she returns.]
[Caster reappears with three towels, a cushion, and a container of massage oil. How did she get that? Was she planning this? It's all very mysterious.]
[Lyle is eyeing the oil. He's quite surprised that she even has a bottle of it. But he does as he's asked, then goes back down once the cushion is in place.]
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Sorry, but I don't think I'll be up for a patrol tonight. We'll have to put that off until tomorrow.
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For now, I am only concerned with you. Is there anything I may do for you?
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I think all there is to do now is just take it easy. Unless you've got something to help with sore muscles, in which case I'm all ears.
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[That had gotten Lyle's full attention. His eyes were wide, and a look of pure surprise was written all over his face. He would never ask someone for something so intimate.]
Okay, I didn't mean to say that. I mean, it'd help, but I'm not the type of guy to ask something like...well, that.
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I wouldn't use magecraft for something that can be accomplished mundanely. And in this era, you can simply pay for a massage, can you not?
[Not that she'd done much of this to anyone but her husband. But he didn't need to know that.]
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[How silly of you, Master.]
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[Money makes everything different, doesn't it?]
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Ahaha! All right, you win! You caught me, fair and square.
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Then you'll allow me? I can prepare in hardly any time at all.
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[He just looks amused at this whole thing now. Really, losing at this sort of thing wasn't bad.]
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[She whisks off to find the necessary items for a good massage.]
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Lift up for a moment, please.
[She needs to slide the cushion under his chest.]
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Have you been studying this online or something?
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[Said jokingly.]
Well, whenever you're ready, I suppose.
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Let me know if anything I do discomforts you.
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[He rests his chin on the couch's end pillow. That lets him relax his neck.]
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