Right then, well, he'll just amuse himself with his non-pattern-recognizing toy as the impulse moves him.  And trust to his own timing instincts to end the flow shortly before he would otherwise start to feel tired or burned about it.

When he's done he'll let her out cuddle up to her and close his eyes while she's still in chains, whispering that she doesn't need to say anything.  If he let her out, or made her talk, she'd probably look safe or protected or happy and Keltham can't make himself do that, not on purpose, not by his own acts, even if it needs to happen eventually.  At some point she'll need to go to the bathroom, and then she'll have to talk, or she'll have feelings to talk about, or something.  Until then Keltham can't make her speak.

Right then, well, he'll just amuse himself with his non-pattern-recognizing toy as the impulse moves him.  And trust to his own timing instincts to end the flow shortly before he would otherwise start to feel tired or burned about it.  There's a saying out of dath ilan, that if you leave the party once you start feeling tired, you've failed at timing; the ideal time to leave is five minutes before that.

When Keltham is done, he'll let her out -

- cuddle up to her while she's still in chains, closing his own yes and whispering that she doesn't need to say anything.  If he let Carissa out, or made her talk, she'd probably look less safe or protected or happy and Keltham can't make himself do that, not on purpose, not by his own acts, even if it needs to happen eventually.  At some point she'll need to go to the bathroom, and then she'll have to talk, or she'll have feelings to talk about, or something.  Until then Keltham can't make her speak.

Right then, well, he'll just amuse himself with his non-pattern-recognizing toy as the impulse moves him.  And trust to his own timing instincts to end the flow shortly before he would otherwise start to feel tired or burned about it.  There's a saying out of dath ilan, that if you leave the party once you start feeling tired, you've failed at timing; the ideal time to leave is five minutes before that.

When Keltham is done, he'll let her out -

- cuddle up to Carissa while she's still in chains, closing his own eyes and whispering that she doesn't need to say anything.  If he let Carissa out, or made her talk, she'd probably look less safe or protected or happy and Keltham can't make himself do that, not on purpose, not by his own acts, even if it needs to happen eventually.  At some point she'll need to go to the bathroom, and then she'll have to talk.  Or she'll have feelings to talk about, or something.  Until then Keltham can't make her speak.