Scor smiled. The back of his hand stroked over Al's cheek. "I think your first date needs to be fully human, and not an exotic creature," he said. "Merfolk are a littls scary and your books would get wet. Let's stick to a witch or a wizard. If you really want someone brilliant like that, I could always volunteer myself."
It had been intended as a joke but he wasn't so sure that it was after it came out and he didn't laugh. He wasn't going to be around for it and it made him sad. He wished that death would just take him suddenly. It was better than waiting, slowly wasting away. "So can't you even decide on a man or a woman?" he asked after a pause. He didn't feel quite as awkward either considering the subject matter.