[Murmured quietly into Cassel's hair. The care is a matter of mitigation; it still hurts. Marsh wraps his arms around Cassel equally carefully, pulls them together a little harder, even though pressing against the knobbled terrain of nearly two-dozen spikes is uncomfortable for Cassel and just this side of excruciating for Marsh. Pain is his constant companion, but this is more than worth it, rare and precious.]
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[Murmured quietly into Cassel's hair. The care is a matter of mitigation; it still hurts. Marsh wraps his arms around Cassel equally carefully, pulls them together a little harder, even though pressing against the knobbled terrain of nearly two-dozen spikes is uncomfortable for Cassel and just this side of excruciating for Marsh. Pain is his constant companion, but this is more than worth it, rare and precious.]