Oh, now that murmur sends a sharp jolt up his spine. He sucks in a sharp breath, bites his lip, and elbows Hythlodaeus away from him.

Mayhap his friend doesn't realise the effect those thoughts have on him. One doesn't spend a year in a city of pleasure and come away unaffected by it. In the same way Hades had not been able to help his thoughts straying towards taking his friend to bed a little while ago, he finds himself wondering how his friend must look stripped bare.

"Don't be ridiculous," he grates out. "Then we would both be freezing to our deaths. Now stop playing about and hurry up."

He walks a little faster, just enough to keep ahead of Hythlodaeus so the man can't see his conflicted expression.