"B-b-b-but more to the point!"
Doubled over on the floor - her attempt to look cute succeeding wildly but her attempt to keep calm over being praised failing - the reincarnator slowly pushed back up while breathing heavily. While her husband-wife clearly saw it as a dramatic overreaction… Elua simply could not help it.
'The words hit and I lose my composure like I'm… well, like I'm fourteen again? Only I didn't really flirt with anyone when I was that age. I was a little busy in the first life, with less pleasant things like-'
Before the thoughts could filter any bitter feelings through their connection, the cultivator cut them off. None of that mattered now. All that mattered was Qat!
"I knew this would happen soon, but not when. It is why I've been preparing for our potential separation. Why I'd been busying myself making these new special brooches since we got to this fort… and so much more."
