Liath didn't think making love made them dirtier, but she did suppose it made them sweatier. She... found she didn't like the word 'dirty' associated with them together. Dirty was how she felt...

She shouldn't bring it up. He'd given her kisses and nuzzled her, and his next words were so kind. She didn't want to ruin Rurik's mood, but she knew she had to tell him. "Um, Ru?" she queried quietly. "Don't... um. Could you please not think of making love as getting... 'dirty'? Or at least not refer to it that way?"

She looked away from him and down into the hot water. She felt ashamed. "'Dirty' is what they did to me. Not what we do..."