[francel laughs, both for the compliment and for the suggestion that he's been somehow tricked into his bond. admittedly, he sometimes feels that way himself... but he doesn't feel like he's been tricked at the moment, at least!]

Perhaps you're right! Maybe it doesn't do anything, and I just like being touched. Still, I never feel more at ease with my transformation than when the Witch I am Bonded to is tending to my hurts.

[wow francel that's gay.]

And the alternative of suffering alone, possibly losing control — that scares me more than what others might think of me.