Libertate quietem (grace)
His hands are elegant, with long and delicate fingers. The skin between his thumb and index is thicker than the rest, a bit coarser too, but not unpleasantly so. He also has a tiny scar on the inner side of his right wrist which -she realizes, delighted- looks like a tipsy crotchet.
"He killed with these hands" she thinks suddenly; but finds herself forgiving him when she feels them trembling against her own.