The touch to his stomach makes Loghain tense involuntarily, and then let out a sharply held breath when Kostos drags his fingers down to catch just above the fastenings on his trousers. The rush of adrenaline has two sources--an instinctive reflex when a man goes for his exposed flesh, but also desire, and he splays a hand against Kostos' flank to feel the shift of bone and muscle under his skin as he moves.

If his fingers find the marks from the club above his ribs, if they linger there a little, it's probably a coincidence--

--but when he reaches over to douse the lamp, that much is intentional. His reputation has been in tatters for a decade, but he still has his modesty.