[...oh. All right, he thinks first, because he was sort of expecting, you know, another cheek kiss, but he'll take this, Lucrezia Borgia right beside him. And then her fingertips are against his cheek and suddenly everything else is sort of inconsequential and a little out-of-focus, and really all that matters is that she's quite close and speaking in this low--
Oh, all right, now she's kissing him.
And she's good, wow, and his eyes jump open at first and then sort of half-close. He's been revived--absolutely not dead any longer--and that's obvious, because he kisses back now, he's not about to just lie here and not kiss back, not when he's got the chance to kiss Lucrezia Borgia.]
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Oh, all right, now she's kissing him.
And she's good, wow, and his eyes jump open at first and then sort of half-close. He's been revived--absolutely not dead any longer--and that's obvious, because he kisses back now, he's not about to just lie here and not kiss back, not when he's got the chance to kiss Lucrezia Borgia.]