[ he gives the other man a nod as he clenches his jaw, working his teeth slowly from side to side. he reminds himself again that it could be worse.

when Stannis finally speaks again, his delivery is also shockingly flat, and every word he speaks seems to cause him pain. ]

Your assumption would seem to be correct. As I am a lusty man with no control over myself, I would beseech that you bed me, my lady.

[ he holds his hand out, knowing full well this was hardly how these things usually went. still, he hadn't quite felt this uncomfortable since he had found himself in an actual brothel while attempting to find answers in an investigation he had been conducting. ]