[At first she doesn't quite understand what a ring has to do with anything, before she remembers. Right. Marriage and rings and the fact he's kept his is... not very surprising. Adolf cared far more and far deeper than he ever let on. He would keep clinging to that remnant of his past.
She accepts the kisses, kissing him back briefly in an assurance that she's not rejecting him or that ring that served a reminder that she was certainly not the first. It wasn't a rejection, but Oona valued honesty, and would give Adolf nothing less than that-- but she had to take a moment to sort it out first, to find the right words.
It wasn't as though mermaids didn't share mates. Having multiple mermen under one mermaid was common, and while two mermaids sharing one male was fairly rarer-- Well, this wasn't the same situation. Rosa was, as far as Oona was concerned, dead and gone. Or at least, she had better hoped she stayed that way, because Oona certainly wasn't going to loosen her claws from Adolf now.
Did she mind? Did the ring really matter to her?] Stupid. [The affectionate little insult again. She tilts her head, a brush of lips against his own] I will, of course. Did you expect differently? Told you, did I not? I am selfish and will not let go.
I can be patient too, sometimes. Or, rather... I will be patient with you. [Because he's different, special.] I understand. I am not going to force you to throw it out, or move on before you are ready.
[If she thought of it more like a mourning period it was a little easier to understand, honestly, even if it wasn't wholly accurate. And who was she to begrudge him that recovery? She wasn't so childish that she would demand he toss it out and get over it already-- Again, she knew how deep his caring ran]
And, I do not expect you to say those words back to me so soon. You will when you are ready. Or you may never. It is alright. I do not value words as much anyhow. [Again, actions over words.]
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She accepts the kisses, kissing him back briefly in an assurance that she's not rejecting him or that ring that served a reminder that she was certainly not the first. It wasn't a rejection, but Oona valued honesty, and would give Adolf nothing less than that-- but she had to take a moment to sort it out first, to find the right words.
It wasn't as though mermaids didn't share mates. Having multiple mermen under one mermaid was common, and while two mermaids sharing one male was fairly rarer-- Well, this wasn't the same situation. Rosa was, as far as Oona was concerned, dead and gone. Or at least, she had better hoped she stayed that way, because Oona certainly wasn't going to loosen her claws from Adolf now.
Did she mind? Did the ring really matter to her?] Stupid. [The affectionate little insult again. She tilts her head, a brush of lips against his own] I will, of course. Did you expect differently? Told you, did I not? I am selfish and will not let go.
I can be patient too, sometimes. Or, rather... I will be patient with you. [Because he's different, special.] I understand. I am not going to force you to throw it out, or move on before you are ready.
[If she thought of it more like a mourning period it was a little easier to understand, honestly, even if it wasn't wholly accurate. And who was she to begrudge him that recovery? She wasn't so childish that she would demand he toss it out and get over it already-- Again, she knew how deep his caring ran]
And, I do not expect you to say those words back to me so soon. You will when you are ready. Or you may never. It is alright. I do not value words as much anyhow. [Again, actions over words.]