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Fandoms: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
04 Aug 2026
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Estraven, his handsome broad face downturned, seemed to pull the words, struggling, from his breast. “If I should touch you, my body would learn yours. I would enter full kemmer, and then I would burn. I would burn until you satiated me, or until my body could no longer hold the fire of kemmer, and I must sleep, and the sleep might be one that saps my strength for the next day of travel.”
My face heating, I said, “Forgive me for asking.”
“Nusuth,” he murmured, and his hands left each other, drifting down and pressing flat against the floor of the tent for a moment. I took in a shaky breath and copied him, unclenching my fingers and letting my hands rest apart.
I could hear the snow descending on us. Filled with a sudden, panicked realization that spoken words would soon leave us, I blurted, “Does it change things, Harth, that I too want you to spend your kemmer with me?”