Van lay back, smiling fondly, still feeling some afterglow. "I honestly doubt any pain could make me regret that.”

Serafina moved up to lay next to him again, though no long holding any of Van except one of his legs in a bit of her coils, her hands caressing his chest languidly. "You're quite the sweet talker aren't you? Better be careful, get me hot again and I might not be able to hold back." She laughed at the alarmed expression that rapidly graced his features.

“Just kidding, but you shouldn't be too easygoing about this. Having erections that last for hours, not to mention orgasms that can knock you unconscious, normal humans can't endure those things safely."

That did make sense, and if her saliva was hiding any pain from injuries then who knew what condition he might really be in? "J-just- how worried should I be?"

Noting the hesitation in his voice she adjusted her caresses to better relax him with a massage to his shoulders. "Shhh, we mamono wouldn't be able to survive if we went around disabling our lovers. Most of us have ways of getting past the Limits of the human body. All that Liquid you took in from me did more than keep you hydrated, it's altering your body so it can better handle the stresses mating with me puts on you

Next time we may go at it even longer."

Van couldn't help but wonder if that Last part indicated he had failed to satisfy her in some way. He still felt like he hadn't done a whole lot during the lovemaking, and apparently his doubts showed on his face as he noted Serafina appraising him.

She gave him a truly warm smile as she took him into her arms again in a hug.

“Oh don't make that face lover, it was wonderful, I've never cum so hard before." Separating from him, she ran a finger down his muscular chest and belly to his privates.

“You need to give this body of yours more credit, it's not as if the fact you enjoyed yourself so much means I couldn't have loved it just as much.”

Van sighed in acceptance and grinned a bit, “I guess so, but still next time I plan on doing better. Maybe start with not fainting when I climax."

The lamia's expression turned mischievous again.

“But your face is so cute when you do, your eyes roll back in your head and you let out the funniest little noises," she cooed and giggled as Van pouted in reaction, before proceeding to tickle him a bit. Van surprised her by tickling back but was soon outmatched when his Lamia mate added her tail to her efforts, both soon rolling on the cave floor with laughter.

Calming herself, Serafina Laid her head back against his chest, Looking up at him before closing her eyes with a smile, Van holding her about the waist while her coils wrapped around them both. There they continued to rest for some time, sleeping off and on, the light in the cave shifting as the hours passed into Late morning.

"So... what now?" Van finally spoke. "I already said I'd leave Brook village and go with you, but you never said what was going to happen next."

“We are mated, wife and husband in your terms," Serafina answered in his ear with a silky voice, “now you can go back with me to my home, my village."

Van took a moment to digest this, Serafina had never spoken of having a village before, or much about her past in general.

“So you live in houses there, Like humans do?"

“Of course," she stated matter-of-factly, "and I'm eager to get back to civilization. Roughing it out here in the forest hasn't been easy. Or did you think that we were going to stay in some cave forever?"

Van felt ashamed at presuming she wanted to live in a place like this.