I am relieved to hear it. [Dorian picks his away out from the piano, and settles down beside Judas. He looks at him almost shyly.] We can stay here, you know. We don't have to go back to the hotel ever. We can live in Nature for as long as we're in this knockoff Inferno.
[Pleased as only a feline can be, Dorian leans into the touch.] I don't like living anywhere, and the hotel is a far cry from my standards of civilization. I want to be where you are.
And you don't sleep, and you are unbearably emotional and easy to wound, and you take everything as your own personal failure, and living a week without you drains from me all desire for life.
[Dorian takes hold of Judas's hand.] Besides, I like having a piano around.
[Rather than answering, Dorian just smiles.] It is typical of men of my class to have a place in town and a place in the country. And often two lovers and two identities to go with them.
One thing and two others, I should hope—but you do otherwise fit the part. Poor Mr. Pinchwife would have preferred to have wed you over the country wife he actually married.
She is supposed to be too ignorant of sexual matters to make a man into a cuckold. [He laughs.] As if one grows up in ignorance with livestock all around.
[Dorian pauses a moment. Then he brings Judas's hand to his mouth for a kiss.] Fortunately, we are not wed, so you cannot be an adulterer. No need to bring Leviticus into it.
[Judas presses his lips together, but just can't shake the laugh.] Just about. Even a bad traitor. But really, it's for that reason I didn't marry, while most other things apparently I at least try.
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[He strokes Dorian's hair, offering a smile.]
I like it here, but you don't have to do it for me. Besides, others would miss you and I can share your time. You'd get sick of me otherwise.
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You might find it frustrating to be exactly where I am for very long. I'm restless at night and sulk even more than you see.
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[Dorian takes hold of Judas's hand.] Besides, I like having a piano around.
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[Although he can't argue with the rest. And he doesn't have plants or chickens to look after, it's not as if there's a need to be in the hotel.]
...And you're sure you'd rather stay out here than to at least have a bed and a roof? Or do you just want an excuse to stay at the piano?
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...I think there might be one or two things in the way of that, sorry.
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No, I'm sure a 'country wife' is supposed to be obedient and sweet, and that isn't me.
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