"Only always." Mort repeated with a low laugh.
Mort took a long and silent moment to look upon his beloved with darkening and adoring eyes. Vi did indeed look cross, one only needed to see the frenzied life his anger inspired to know it, but the god of death's soul was not such that the darkened taint of the living could tarnish it. Meeting Vi's prickliness with a widening smile, he turned his attention to the creatures below the surface of the water and considered.
"A little hope is not such a bad thing, is it? They know they must still thrive, but that perhaps occasionally the sky might open up and rain food down upon them. And what a wonderful thing that is for them to know!"
Looking up, Mort glanced at the solitary cloud in the sky, his lips twitching into an adorable downwards smile though he said nothing as he gave Vi a knowing sort of look.
Mort took a long and silent moment to look upon his beloved with darkening and adoring eyes. Vi did indeed look cross, one only needed to see the frenzied life his anger inspired to know it, but the god of death's soul was not such that the darkened taint of the living could tarnish it. Meeting Vi's prickliness with a widening smile, he turned his attention to the creatures below the surface of the water and considered.
"A little hope is not such a bad thing, is it? They know they must still thrive, but that perhaps occasionally the sky might open up and rain food down upon them. And what a wonderful thing that is for them to know!"
Looking up, Mort glanced at the solitary cloud in the sky, his lips twitching into an adorable downwards smile though he said nothing as he gave Vi a knowing sort of look.
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