[ He just grins, and touches the hand running through his hair--a sign that he doesn't mind it. Adra's hair is long, down to his midback, thick and silky. It fans around him as he lies there, like a gleaming, golden halo. ]

You're too much, Gil. Are you saying you wouldn't leave me?

[ He opens one eye fully. ]

Because--also in my experience--Kings tend to lose interest in the lands they've conquered, once they feel everything is fully under their control.