he's such a prude though

[if_at_first]

Sylvi settles in very thoroughly. She makes a point of going out on her wooden horse and wandering the city every day or two, even if she has no specific errand to run (although she does also place orders for lenses and very fine-tipped pens and new notebooks). She hugs Avedan when he has bad dreams and he hugs her when she does, if they successfully wake one another despite the long pillow between them on the bed. And she plows through piles and piles of old notes, and condenses her childhood for inclusion in the same library for future 'bels.

As of this moment she is up to her specialization in shines. Write write write.

Comments

[do_over]

"You came back," he repeats. "'nd I made the pox go 'way. Sucked, but - s'not your fault."

[if_at_first]

"I haven't dreamed her dying yet but - I decided to start breathing again when you asked me - and I still don't know if I decided not to, the last time."

[do_over]

"You were in pain."

[if_at_first]

"And I wasn't getting better, I know, I know, but I did want to stay for you."

[do_over]

"Shh, s'okay. I'm not - upset, there's - I don't think there's 'nything to forgive?"

(Aydanci - he, he was being selfish, anyway.)

[if_at_first]

"Mmhm."

Snuggle.



"I love you."

[do_over]

Blink, blink.

"Love you, too."

[if_at_first]

"Always, always."

Snuggle.

[do_over]

"We're a romance novel," snorts Avedan.

Snuggle!

[if_at_first]

"Yes. Yes we are."

[do_over]

Nuzzle.

....


He has possibly fallen back asleep. It's sort of hard to tell.

[if_at_first]

That's okay. Sylvi's well on her way back to sleep too. She is all snuggled. Nightmares might find themselves slightly impeded by this fact.

[do_over]

Oh, good, that means Avedan did his job.

He'd be happy with that, except he is now definitely asleep.

[if_at_first]

Sylvi wakes up nice and warm and snuggled and not in the least inclined to get up right away.

[do_over]

That is Avedan's default. The - not getting up right away part, anyway. So Sylvi can be snuggled for a while!

[if_at_first]

Charp peeps into the room, sees open eyes, and goes to start on breakfast.

[do_over]

Best golem.

"G'morning," mumbles Avedan when he is Slightly More Functional.

[if_at_first]

"Morning."

Nuzzle.

[do_over]

"... You had a nightmare...?" he wonders.

[if_at_first]

"Yeah. You don't remember? One of Aly's close calls. Not her death yet, still. Maybe I can skip it. Lu never caught up with all the dreams..."

[do_over]

"Kind of remember," he explains. "... Sooort of foggy. Sorry it happened."

Snuggle!

[if_at_first]

"Also then while you were snuggling me I said I loved you and you said you loved me. Then we went back to sleep."

[do_over]

"Oh."

Blink blink. Followed by some thinking.

"... I stand by my statement. The one I don't remember making at - whatever hour of the night it was. Whoops."

[if_at_first]

"It would be slightly awkward to take back. I meant it too. It's sort of weird what with the reincarnation though, isn't it?"

[do_over]

"A little. We're special cases," snorts Avedan.