Changing Behaviors Through Love

30 October 2014

20:20 GyroTech smiles as he lays cuddled witht he mare, just enjoying being back in her presence once more. As he glances out the windows, he begins to realize that its getting a ltitle late outside. Reluctantly, he scoots away from Inky, letting her go as he begins to head down the stairs to fix up something for the pair of them to eat.

20:27 Inky shifts and stretches, yawning widely as she returns to the waking world just before GyroTech returns. She looks around the room, sleepily confused as to why he wasn't there anymore.

20:32 GyroTech comes back up the stairs carrying a pair of plates loaded with steamed veggies and mashed potatoes. The stallion actually wasnt a great cook, but these were easy enough to prepare. With a smile on his face, he pushes open the door and walks up the last flight of stairs. "Inky~~ I figured you might be a little hungry after sleeping so long, so i made you some dinner."

20:37 Inky turns her head towards the stairs when she hears her door open, waiting as she listens to whoever it is' hooves clop up the steps. Her expression brightens as she sees GyroTech, then darkens, and ends up an odd mix of the two. "Oh! Thanks, Gyro," she says, rolling herself out of bed and letting her hooves thump down on the floor. "No need to be all fancy," the mare says, since she normally just ate some hay, or leftovers if somepony had actually made something.

20:40 GyroTech has quite the puzzled look on his face as he watches the mares mood flip flop so much. With a bit of a sigh he brings them over and sets the place down on the bed. "You're welcome Inky, and Fancy? This isn't fancy...this is about all I can cook," he remaks with a bit of a giggle.

20:45 Inky sighs and shakes her head, walking over to the table in the corner that she'd put the flowers on earlier. "C'mere," she says, "let's use the table. Just gotta..." The mare restacks some of the books scattered over the surface, clearing enough space for the both of them. She squirms behind it, and looks back at GyroTech and the food. "Well, better than me at least," she says.

20:48 GyroTech giggles as Inky staks the books, finding it amusing how she always has so many out. "You know...most ponies read books just one at a time," he teases, trotting over to the wooden table and setting down the plate. "And really? This stuff is easy. I could show you sometime."

20:52 Inky looks at the books she'd stacked, trying to recall what she was doing with them. "Well, I have to go back to them sometimes," she says, "when I want to look something up again, y'know!" She giggles and pats the stack. "These I should probably reshelve, though, I haven't used them in a while." The mare eyes the plates as they're levitated down onto the table. "I mean... I usually just eat some hay," she admits. "I don't like to take the time to actually cook."

20:56 GyroTech 's jaw falls open just a bit as Inky mentions that she doesnt cook at all and then sighs to himself. "But...but a diet of hay isn't great for you, you know? You gotta have other things as well or else you might get sick..." The unicorn nudges her plate closer to the mare. "And...do you really have a spot for those? Your shelves dont look like they have any space I can see..."

21:09 Inky shrugs. "It's okay," she says. "I eat out for lunch, so I get other stuff then! Usually, anyway. Sometimes." Leaning down, she digs into her plate, licking up some mashed potatoes and chomping on some of the vegetables. "And it's not just hay," she says around her food with a little hoof wave. "Oats 'n stuff too!" She looks around the room. "Yeah, they'll fit in somewhere."

21:15 GyroTech sighs to himself and shakes his head as she describes her eating habbits, deciding to not press the issue any further. He watches Inky go at her lunch full faced and giggles, deciding to follow her example just this one time. He leans down and takes a bite of the steamed vegitables, and finds that they're pretty bland.

21:23 Inky doesn't seem to mind that the food is bland at all and continues to eat it eagerly, excited to have something different than her usual. The mare mulls over what she should talk to Gyro about as she ears, her ears twitching and folding out to the side. It's obvious to the unicorn that she's preoccupied with something.

21:26 GyroTech takes couple more bites of his meal before pulling back to look at Inky with a frown on his face. He reaches a hoof forward and gently brushes up against her body. "Inky, is something wrong? You had a look when I came in...and now...you look a bit...distracted."

21:28 Inky blinks in surprise as the hoof brushes up against her, sitting up and wiping her mouth with one of her fetlocks. "Huh? Oh, no," she says, her eyes drifting over to the cup of lilies on the table. "No, I'm just... thinking." She stares at the flowers for a while, before looking up at GyroTech. "When I said we'd work on it, I meant it," the mare says, offering him no context at all.

21:32 GyroTech watches her curiously as she startes to look at the flowers on the table. While he didnt know what exactly she was thinking about, he knew it had to be about him since she's staring at the moon lillies he'd bought. "Well...work on what exactly? I dont see what you mean?"

21:38 Inky waves a hoof at GyroTech. "Y'know, you. So that this doesn't happen again." Her mouth twists. "Stuff like calling zebras 'stripeys', for one. That's gonna stop."

21:42 GyroTech is a bit taken aback by Inky's forwardness and leans away fromt eh table opening his mouth to respond. "But...but...there's no harm in it. Its just another name for zebra," he argues, though int eh back of his mind he knew it wasnt.

21:48 Inky fixes him with her eyes and leans forward, not letting the unicorn squirm away. "No, it's *not*," she says firmly, staring at him and waiting for him to cave. "And I know you know that!"

21:51 GyroTech squrims in his seat, leaning back just a little further form inky and taking a deep breath. He waits about 30 seconds under that gaze before looking down. "Alright...I'll try not to do that anymore..." He finally concedes.

22:01 Inky nods, a smile returning to her face. "Great!" Her serious expression returns, though, since she wasn't finished just yet. "And we'll work on actually listening to other ponies, too." The mare reaches across the table and pats his shoulder. "I know you can do this stuff, Gyro."

22:07 GyroTech forces a smile onto his as Inky smiles, obviously not feeling fully happy with this, and even the forced smile disapears when the mare gets serious once more. "But...but I do listen to other ponies some of the time..." The unicorn lets out a huff as Inky pats him, feeling indignant, like she was being condensending towards him.

22:12 Inky frowns. "Look. If you don't at least make an effort to fix this, I'm not going to bother with you," she says, laying it right out there in front of them. "I like you a lot, but c'mon."

22:15 GyroTech folds his ears flat against his head, looking down at his plate of food in front of him rather than meet her eyes. "Alright Inky...I'll do what you want. I cant risk you being mad at me liek that anymore."

22:17 Inky lets out a frustrated sigh. "No, that's not the point, Gyro!" She leans back and crosses her hooves. "Don't you at least see that you can get better about this? That what you're doing is bad?"

22:24 GyroTech slinks down even further as Inky gives him an exasperated look. "But...Its how they acted back home...it cant be /that/ bad can it? I mean I've mostly had good outcomes so far..." he argues, though his tone doesnt seem so sure about his own words.

22:25 Inky furrows her brow, then raises an incredulous eyebrow at GyroTech. "Back home? Where are *you* from where they taught you to act like that?" she asks, honestly curious.

22:28 GyroTech suddenly bites his lip and looks at her nervously, not really wanting to answer that question and then sighs. "I thought I told you before...I grew up in Canterlot among the nobility...My family is the silverhoof familly...I'm Gyro Tech Silverhoof."

22:37 Inky tilts her head, the title clearly not having made any impression at all. "The who? That's one of the Canterlot noble families, right?" She shrugs sheepishly. "I haven't been able to make much headway whenever I try to read about them... so much boring political infighting, I just can't do it."

22:42 GyroTech giggles at Inky's reaction, and nods towards her, glad that she wasn't taking it as some ponies would. "Yes, thats one of the noble families in Canterlot. We've had an advisor on Celestia's court since the banishing all those years go. But you're right, sugh history is terribly boring."

22:44 Inky grins. "Well, now that I know which one to focus on, I can probably manage it! I mean, it's kinda silly that I don't know about it anyway, so I wanna fix that." The mare frowns. "I can't believe they'd teach you to act like that, though. Some nobles they are!"

22:48 GyroTech chuckles nerviously and brings a hoof up to rub against the back of his neck. "Well...you see...the culture of the nobility in Canterlot is...well anyone with a nonunicorn offspring is heavily scrutinized...and well...its much different than the general air of the peas-- commoners. Everything you do is watched and it has to be perfect..."

22:52 Inky nods slowly. "Really? Huh... well, they're a bunch of silly ponies, then," she says. "That's why you wanted to leave, wasn't it? I know how it feels to be judged all the time," the mare says, not realizing what she's revealing about herself. Some of what he said had struck a chord with her, and she sympathized.

22:59 GyroTech nods at Inky and gestures at his cutie mark. "Ya...you can imagine that this did not make my parents happy when I aquired it. Engineering is not a 'proper' proffession for someone of my blood or some other crap like that. I dont like going to Canterlot, because then I'm required to act like a noble...or I will shame my family and be cut off..." He grumbles to her, not actually catching what she had said about herself.

23:04 Inky lets out an awkward giggle. "Heh.. yeah, I can imagine," she says, fiddling with her hooves as she remembers when she got her own cutie mark, and how that went. The bat pony's ears flatten as the old memories were not happy ones. She sinks even lower as he mentions shaming his family. Squeezing her eyes shut, she shakes her head to clear her mind. "Well look, okay? Those nobles are stupid, and you shouldn't act like them if you don't have to. That's why you left! You're not Gyro Tech Silverhoof here, you're just Gyro!" Her words were unusually forceful, as though she were speaking about something that she personally cared about a lot.

23:12 GyroTech giggles as well, and shakes his head. "I mean...I imagine disasembling important parts of the air yaht didnt make things any better, but I dont think they'd have been terribly happy either way. He frowns as Inky's ears flatten. "Ya...I do, you know? I dont dress up around town, I dont get all fancy and I've learned that often nonunicorns are pretty alright." He smiles and leans forward, giving her a nuzzle.

23:15 Inky is breathing hard after her outburst, and accepts the nuzzle with a little look of surprise. Her mouth twists at his mention of nonunicorns being "often" pretty all right. "Well... I think there's more of it ingrained in you than you'd like to admit," she says. "But we'll work on it..."

23:24 GyroTech is too busy nuzzling her after her outburst to notice her brief change of expression when he speaks. His nuzzle gets a little more intimate when he begins to rub a hoof across her neck, playing with her short mane. "Maybe I just need somepony like you to help set me straight then."

05:37 Inky starts a little in surprise as she feels his hoof on her neck, the mare reaching up with her own hooves to lightly push him away. "Maybe!" The bat pony glances down at her plate and leans back down to finish off the rest of her vegetables, not minding that they'd gotten a little cold during their discussion.

05:41 GyroTech 's hooves fall of easily at the push though he gives her a brief frown before turning back to his own food. He starts into his potatoes when he ntoices they're a bit cold. "Here let me get those for you~" A green glow surounds both plate as he heats the food back up to steaming temperatues.

05:43 Inky blinks in surprise as the green glow surrounds her plate, jerking back her head. The mare looks at the plate oddly, her brows furrowed, until she realizes that he's heating it. "Hey," she says with a frown, "careful with that heat magic..."

05:46 GyroTech snickers a little as Inky tells him to watch out and shrugs, dropping the spell as soon as the food was back at a nice warm temperature. "Oh cmon, I burn your hoof once with a molten stone and suddenly you worry I'll be irresponsible for life."

05:48 Inky had been reflexively clutching at her previously burnt hoof, and notices when she looks down. The mare squeaks and pulls her other hoof away, putting them back down on the floor. "Look," she says, frowning, "I just don't want anything to happen, okay?" The mare wasn't usually worried about anything, so it was odd for her to be so cagey.

05:55 GyroTech looks over too late to see Inky clutching at her previously injured hoof, but he does see her move suddenly and frown. "Dont worry Inky, I'm good with this sort of thing. Anyways, I promise that I wont do any harm. Whats got you so on edge? You were like this too last time heat magic came up, before the burnt hoof."

06:01 GyroTech looks over too to see Inky clutching at her previously injured hoof, frowning himself as she moves to hide it. "Oh Inky, thats not still bothering you is it? I thought they said it wasnt that bad. But...even if it is, remember that I'll be more careful next time...I dont want to hurt anypony again like that..."

06:09 Inky shakes her head. "No, my hoof's fine." The corners of her mouth turn up slightly as his apologetic tone, and she gives him a gentle rub on the shoulder. "I'm glad to hear that!"

06:12 GyroTech sighs and pushes her plate a little closer to her. "Well, eat up so that I dont have to heat it again and make you more uncomfortable." He leans down and takes a couple bites of his own food. "Its not just that incident is it? You weren't too enthused about it before I got you burnt either..."

06:13 Inky grimaces, an odd expression for the cheery mare, and digs back into her plate. She busies herself with eating, not responding to GyroTech's question.

06:15 GyroTech looks at Inky with a puzzled expression and then turns back to his food, finishing off his own plate and then waiting for her to be done. He wasn't going to let her get away with just that.

06:17 Inky finishes her food, going so far as to even lick it clean. She pushes it away and leans back, smiling at GyroTech. "Thanks for the food, Gyro! It was a nice change of pace!"

06:19 GyroTech flashes a brief smile at the mare before taking the plates and stacking them on the table. "I'm glad you liked it. I still cant believe you end up eating so much hay," he responds, and then takes a deep breath. "Inky...did something happen that I'm not aware of? You looked a little distressed when I asked you a minute ago..."

06:27 Inky sighs, her face falling. The mare shifts to the right and leans against GyroTech, resting her head on his shoulder. "No... I'm fine, Gyro," she says. "I just don't like fire."

06:30 GyroTech wraps a hoof around her shoulder and begins to massage there, trying to get the mare to relax. "Afraid of fire? But...there's nothing to be afraid of for a controlled fire, just like controlled heat magic. Dont worry~"

06:35 Inky slumps against the stallion and lets out a long sigh. "I... I don't like it, okay? That's it." Her eyes are downcast and her ears drooping. "Controlled is better, but..."

06:37 GyroTech hugs her tight against his body and shushes her, putting his other forehoof to her lips. "Alright, alright, I wont press it if you dont want me to. I'm glad to have you back none the less." He gives her a quick peck right on the tip of her nose.

06:47 Inky stops talking, just resting against the stallion. She nuzzles against him, and her eyes widen in surprise when he kisses the tip of her nose. "Oh... thanks," she says, then frowns and pushes a hoof against GyroTech's chest. "What did I say about that..."

06:52 GyroTech sucks in a breath and bites his lip as Inky takes issue with him with a puzzled look across his face. "Ummm...sorry? What did I do? I was just saying I'm glad to be with you again?" he responds, his inflection rising in his voice showing his obvious confusion.

06:57 Inky blinks and looks up at the stallion, briefly just as confused. "What? Oh.. It just sounded like, y'know, for a sec..." The mare trails off, not finishing her sentence.

06:59 GyroTech narrows his eyes a little at Inky, his frown deepening as he looks down at her. "Like what? Please tell me you arn't scrutinizing my every word..."

07:03 Inky 's ears fold down. "No! Well... I mean, maybe," she squeaks. "I can't help it!" The bat pony looks away, tufted ears still folded to her head.

07:05 GyroTech gives a long depressing huff and pulls out of the hug to cross his hooves as he stares at Inky. "But...but I dont mean whatever youthink I did...Cant you just assume the best like you used to do?"

07:10 Inky lets out a low, sad whine as GyroTech pulls away from the hug. She slowly shakes her head. "No... It's happened too many times, Gyro."

07:14 GyroTech shakes his head at Inky's whine and continues to pout. "But...but...you're just over reacting. Its alright. I'll be alright and I'll get better about...about...about that thing..." He says, obviously not quite remembering what she'd asked of him.

07:19 Inky sighs as the unicorn pleads with her, her expression mellowing. She's about to open her mouth and say it's alright when the unicorn stumbles over what exactly she's mad about. Her face immediately darkens. "About what, Gyro?" she asks acidly.

07:25 GyroTech looks about the room, trying to get an inkling of what Inky was getting at but it just wouldn't surface in his mind. "About...about...about listening ot ponies and taking thier concerns into regard?" He suggests, hoping that he got the right answer.

07:28 Inky shoves a hoof into the stallion's chest. "No! Were you even listening to me?" she says, not recalling that she hadn't exactly spelled it out for him. "That's not it!" The mare crosses her hooves and leans back, frowning at GyroTech.

07:30 GyroTech grunts as her hoof hits forecefully and then looks down at her chest instead of meeting her eyes. "No Inky! I promise I was listening to you. You said that I needed to lestien to other ponies, and that I need to quit saying stripey or chickn head..."

07:32 Inky glares at the unicorn. "You're just repeated what I said back to me! You weren't actually *listening* to me!"

07:35 GyroTech shrinks down under her glare and turns away to look at the wall. "But...but if I could tell you waht you said. How is taht not listening to you? I want to do what you asked...I want to get better...For you."

07:48 Inky shakes her head again. "You have to *think* about it, Gyro!" She sighs, and reaches out a hoof to his muzzle. The bat pony gently turns his head back towards her, making him look into her eyes. Her glare had softened, and now looked more hopeful. "Just... do I seriously have to spell it out for you?"

07:54 GyroTech breathes out through his nose as he looks at the mare, looking deep into her hoepful eyes with a blank look on his face that said he didn't hve much of a clue at all. "Ummm....is it that...that...ummm....that you dont like...that you dont like me acting like you're my girlfreind when y ou havnt agreed?"

07:59 Inky leans in closer as GyroTech dawdles, her wide-eyed, curious stare returning. The bat pony visibly slumps when he doesn't get it right. "No," she says with a sigh, "though... I don't really like that either." The mare crosses her forelegs and takes a deep breath. "I worry you just think of me, and Dusk, and other mares like things, not ponies. And.. I don't think you *actually* do, but sometimes... sometimes it seems like it." Her yellow eyes are unblinking as she fixes him in her gaze.

08:04 GyroTech softens as he stares back at her, his body slumping back with a frown. "Well, I promis you, you mean more to me than any /thing/ I could ever have. You're my best friend and I wouldn't have it any other way." The unicorn begins to tear up ever so slightly and gives her a gentle hug as he leans in. "Inky, will you please be my mare? I promise to do whatever it takes to keep you happy."

08:14 Inky blinks in surprise and leans back slightly, her eyes widening. "I'm.. your best friend? Really?" She leans into his hug, about to nuzzle him when he asks her to be "his mare". The bat pony suddenly pulls back, looking at him incredulously. "No! That's *exactly* what I was talking about! I will not be 'your mare!' Or anypony's mare!" She holds a hoof to her chest. "I'm my own pony, Gyro. And I don't want to be 'kept happy,' either."

08:19 GyroTech smiles as Inky leans in, pullling her closer into his embrace when Inky jerks away, pulling free from his arms. Gyro looks extremly hurt, on the verge of tears as Inky rejects his offer. "But...but...I know you're your own pony...I wasnt asking you to give that up...I was just saying you're very special to me. But then...can I be your stallion? I'll do my very best to make you happy forever and always."

08:25 Inky shakes her head. "No, I don't want that either," she says. The bat pony pulls the unicorn close to her, holding his head against her chest. "If you really wanted that, mutually... that's for when ponies get married, and I don't think I'm ready for that. And I *know* you're not." She runs a hoof through his mane. "Do you get what I'm saying?"

08:31 GyroTech rests his head against her fur, burying his snout into her chest and nuzzling against it. "I'm not asking you to get married silly. I know I'm not ready for it. I just want you to be my special sompony..." Gyro takes a deep breath and lets it out. "But...I guess you arnt interested in that either..." he says, sounding downtrodden.

08:40 Inky squeezes the stallion against her. "I think normally when ponies ask that, they aren't planning on seeing other mares on the side," she says with a little giggle. "And... I dunno exactly what you mean by that, Gyro. I know your habits!" The mare tilts her head at him and leans in to give him a nuzzle. "You know what we've been doing; d'you want more than that, or just more of it?"

08:50 GyroTech gives a little bit of a chuckle and gives Inky a peck on the lips. "Well...you know me too well to know how the last time I tried exclusivity worked out, and I wouldn't ask the same of you either...but...what I mean is that we agree that each other is the most important, and always come back to them."

09:07 Inky looks back into GyroTech's green eyes and giggles. "Yeah, I do," she says. "And... I can agree to that." The mare leans closer to give him a longer kiss, but hesitates. "You did understand what I was talking about with, with objectifying me, right?"

09:17 GyroTech half lids his eyes as he leans in to meet her kiss half way, when he notices her falter and does so himself. The unicorn sighs and then smiles at her question, "Yes, I understand what you mean. I dont do it to you or other ponies, I promise," he assures her, before leaning back in and pursing his lips.

09:18 Inky quickly brings up a hoof and holds it between their mouths, blocking GyroTech from kissing her. "And what did I mean? Explain it back to me!"

09:24 GyroTech doesnt care about the hoof and gives it a quick peck instead before smiling and answering back at her finally, "You mean that I shoudl quit using words that might indicate that I think I own you...and that I should see beyond my own desires for you to what you want..." He answers with a hopeful smile, not quite sure that that was what Inky wanted to hear, but it was his best guess.

09:31 Inky lets a smile spread over her face as the stallion actually manages to get it right. "Because you don't own me, right?" she asks rhetorically, hugging him closer to her and rubbing her nose against his.

09:35 GyroTech grins even brigher as she smiles back at him and hugs her tight, returning the nuzzle. "Of course not...though thats not what I mean when I call you my mare either...I just mean that we're together." He tries to turn the nuzzle into a kiss, leaning in to bump her lips against his.

18:52 Inky hesitates for a moment, before deciding that she actually does believe the stallion this time. The bat pony presses her lips against Gyro's, the smooth front of her fangs rubbing against his nose.

18:55 GyroTech murrs at the familiar and long missed feeling of her fangs pressing into his snout and pokes his tongue into her mouth, tasting around it and playing with her tongue. His forehooves reach up to brush gently against her neck, playing with her soft fur.

19:04 Inky 's ears angle outward as she feels the unicorn's tongue in her mouth, playfully licking back at it as she enjoys the kiss. She hugs GyroTech tighter, letting him play with her neck fur and mane. Her slitted eyes close halfway, and her mouth turns up in a smile as they continue to kiss.

19:07 GyroTech 's ears flick around excitedly and his tail begins to swish back and forth as Inky returns the kiss. His tongue moves to her fangs, running up and down them, though he's careful not to get low enough to actually spear himself on the fangs.

19:11 Inky holds still, knowing better than to move around when the unicorn was playing with her fangs like this. She just murrs happily, hooves gently rubbing over the stallion's back.

19:19 GyroTech murrs as he moves his tongue back to hers creaing a gentle sucktion as he enjoys her kiss. After a moment more, he pulls back, leaving a tendril of spit that flows between their lips before finally breaking. With a smile he stares into her eyes. "I know it didnt work out last time...but now that you're magic is back, maybe it'll be better. Do you...do you want to try feeding again? Even if it hurts...I wont pull away this time."

19:34 Inky 's ears perk up at Gyro's suggestion, and she smiles at him, keeping her fangs out and prominent. "Yeah... I'd like that," she says, slowly getting to her hooves. The mare nudges him towards her bed with her nose.

19:40 GyroTech giggles and turns towards the bed wtih a smile, making his way over there with a bounce in his step before flopping down on top of it. "Have you tried it since...well...you got better?"

19:42 Inky follows GyroTech to the bed and climbs onto it, laying down behind the stallion. "No," she says with a shake of her head. "I haven't. I've... I've missed it," she adds. Gently wrapping her legs around the stallion, she nuzzles into his neck from behind him and gives it a few licks.

19:48 GyroTech nods sadly and presses his neck back against her snout, purring as she begins the familiar ritual. "Well...I hope that after this we can say that it will be fine for you to do it once more. I want you to be happy."

19:55 Inky smiles at the stallion's words and gives him a squeeze. "Thank you," she says, then bares her fangs. After lightly tracing them over his neck, she finds her spot and bites down, forcing the needle-tipped teeth into his soft flesh. It burns like usual, but the red-hot pain vanishes when she starts to feed, replaced with the usual tingly warmth.

20:00 GyroTech giggles as the sharp tips of the fangs trace over his neck tickling him a little before he gasps when she bites down sending a hot sharp pain into his body. As always, the unicorn tenses up, but it soon relaxes as the gentle pleasure returns to him. "Mmmm, yep, you're good as new. Feels as it should."

20:02 Inky squees happily as GyroTech confirms that it feels okay, hugging him tightly and rubbing her hooves over his chest as she feeds on him. The warmth gradually fades as she continues sucking on his life-giving fluids, the unicorn starting to feel some discomfort. The warmth starts to feel hot instead, the pressure of her fangs his neck increasing.

20:05 GyroTech murrs and presses his back into her chest as he's massaged. His tail dips up between her legs to wrap around her own purple one smiling. His relaxed form slowly becomes more tense as the pain begins to return. He takes a deep breath, trying to push his mind away fom the feelings.

20:09 Inky murrs at the familiar taste of GyroTech's blood, unfurling one of her wings and draping it over the unicorn. The pain kept increasing, approaching how much it hurt originally as the bat pony neared the end of her feeding. Gyro could tell she was almost done, the mare preparing to take her last draught from his neck.

20:13 GyroTech takes more deep breaths, and towards the end despite his best attempts of suppressing it, a small wimper of pain escapes his lips but he wasn't going to pull away now. He had to be strong, for her. The stallion pulls the wing aroudn him, pressing it tight to his body like a cacoon as she continued to feed.

20:16 Inky takes one final sip and pulls her fangs out, noticing the stallion's whimper of pain. She swallows, making an audible gulp, and rubs his mane with a hoof. "What? Gyro, I thought you said it didn't hurt," she says, concerned.

20:18 GyroTech takes a sharp breath at the final gulp, sighing in releif as Inky pulls out. One of his hoves slowly rises up to rub at his wound. "No...its fine...its fine," he says, not wanting to depress her further.

20:20 Inky rubs off the wound with a fetlock, then gently reaches and turns the unicorn's head towards her. "Gyro..." she says, ears drooping. "It's obviously not fine... What happened?"

20:22 GyroTech sighs and looks at her in the eyes, his own ears drooping as well since he doesnt want to reveal the new. "Well...it started off fine...but then...then it started fading...and at teh end? it was as sharp and painful as the entry," he says in a low sorrowful voice. "Even still I'd do it whenever you want, for you."

20:26 Inky sighs. "Oh. Yeah... that makes sense," she says slowly. "Ruzeth said that I wouldn't have much magic to spare, even if I wasn't losing it constantly." The bat pony hugs GyroTech tightly and nuzzles into him, sniffling. "Thanks... really, that means a lot to me, Gyro..."

20:36 GyroTech frowns and looks away from Inky, staring at her wall. "Sorry...I...I was trying to hide it so that you wouldn't have to know...because, I know how much it means to you." The unicorn pulls inky's wintns even tigher around him.

20:38 Inky smiles at him, nuzzling him. "But the fact that you did it, despite the pain... that means you really care for me," she says. The bat pony winces and lets out a little squeak of pain as the unicorn pulls on her wing even more. "Ah, ow, easy there," she says, reaching over and trying to loosen his grip on her.

20:41 GyroTech startles as he hears Inky sqeak before realizing he might have grabbed the wing to tight and lets go of it. "S-sorry...I just love having your wings around me like that. It makes me feel...safe."

20:48 Inky hmms to herself, relaxing now that her wing was free. "Oh, you do?" she says, smiling. "Me too... though I haven't felt the warmth of another bat pony's wings in a long time." The mare sighs, before she pulls her wing away and rolls onto her back. "C'mere," she says, motioning for him to lay on top of her. "This way I can use both of them."

20:50 GyroTech smiles towards the mare and scootches over before laying on his back on top her her, hooves pressed to his own bell. "Well, its almost...though not quite the same with a pegasus. Maybe you should get Dusk to do some with you~"

20:54 Inky shakes her head. "I have a little," she says, "but it's not the same. Their feathers just trap warmth, but our wings..." The bat pony unfurls her wings and slowly raises them over GyroTech, then drapes them over his chest and belly. The thin bones rub against his fur, and the membranes are warm to the touch. "Ours are actually warm."

20:58 GyroTech purrs gently as he's encircled, closing h is eyes as the wings fold over him. "They also dont feel quite as nice as your fuzzy wings." He strokes a hoof up and down the membrane and feeling at the bones, trying to find any spot that seemed to strike a cord with the mare below him.

21:01 Inky grins to herself. "Aw, thanks," she says with a giggle. The mare murrs as he rubs over her wings, the massaging very pleasant for her. Despite his weight on top of her, she was quite content to lie here for a long time.

21:09 GyroTech lays t here in her warm embrace, breathing deeply and massaging her wings in content silence. Finally Gyro speaks up once more. "Inky...thanks for this. For taking me back and for fogiving me..."

21:13 Inky wraps her forelegs around the unicorn's shoulders, resting her hooves on his chest. "Mmm? Ah... well, thanks for listening... as long as you can show me you're willing to improve, I'll be here for you, Gyro."

21:17 GyroTech nods and clasps at her hooves, "Of course. I always want to do right by you Inky, whatever that takes," he says, relaxing even further onto her.

21:22 Inky smiles and nuzzles into the unicorn's fragrant mane. "I know, Gyro, I know," she says softly. "That's why I'm still here."

21:31 GyroTech makes an affirmative noise and strokes against her hooves, sighing contentedly.