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Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 03 Feb 2011
Summary: 10 September 1999 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Kain, Kain x Cecil x Rosa
Author Notes: indolent, adjective;
1. Avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive.
2. Conducive to or encouraging laziness or inactivity.
3. Causing little or no pain.
4. Slow to heal, develop, or grow.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.

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It was one of those bitterly hot summer days that did everything short of bludgeon a man to death with the intensity of the humid air bearing down on the land. All of the water in the castle was warm at its coldest, and sweat drenched every man, woman, and child. Even the thinnest of fabrics trapped in too much heat; armor was unbearable. Cecil had tried to work, but he'd given up rather quickly when he'd nearly swooned against the large wooden desk he had been writing a ledger on top of. The royal bedchamber, up in the heights of the east tower, was boiling hot, so the king had situated himself in one of the guest rooms in a section of the castle that was mostly underground. As much as Kain enjoyed the sight of both his paladin and his white mage lazing about naked on top of a bed, breaths coming out in short pants, the dragoon was in no mood to take advantage. He could barely muster up the energy to look at them at all. This damnable heat just made everything too much of an effort to be worth the reward.