"I figured that your skill with alchemy might help with a lack of stamina," Hythlodaeus remarks, clearly enjoying himself. The feeling of Hades's hands on his back earns another appreciative sigh for him, but fortunately for his friend the next remark does catch Hythlodaeus unawares. He can't help blushing as well - not just because of recalling that time, but because of his bonded being more open with his teasing, too. Not to mention...

"I suppose I do," Hythlodaeus murmurs in reply. Putting it that way makes him all the more aware of how attracted he's always been to the sheer difference in power between the two of them, in both physical and aetheric sense. The mere fact that Hades wielded a greatsword that was as tall as Hythlodaeus himself, for one. "But you enjoy holding me down too, do you not? I am certain you must have dreamed of punishing me at least once or twice before... Agesandros~"