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"He'd do it for you, if I asked him." Flora says quickly, almost wishing she could pull the words back and erase the shadows that were still darkening Koa's eyes. It was a bittersweet power, this ability of Remi's, and while Flora was content never to let her heart fully heal in virtue of bringing Enzo back again and again, she couldn't imagine facing life knowing that she'd never see his face again, or hear his voice.
As Koa nears, the baby-fine hairs on the back of Flora's neck stand up, sending a slight shiver down her spine. A twin plume of fire responds in her belly, racing up the back of her throat as the dragoon wraps his arms around her waist; no doubt Koa will feel the hiccup of joy that Flora closes her lips around as her belly tenses and then softens. Tilting her head back and lifting her chin to peer mischievously up at him—no bats in the cave, well done Koa—the queen scrunches her nose, her smile growing crooked. "Glad we left you with a lasting memory." She chuckles, shifting back against him and crossing her arms under her breasts in order to settle her hands against his forearms. "Is it like this everywhere in here? Just...little slices of all over Caido?"
Falling silent for a moment, Flora closes her eyes and listens. It isn't the birdsong, the musical clamber rushing over the stones or even the wind through the leaves; instead the queen is listening to them. To the slow sound of Koa's breath against her hair, the thrum of his heartbeat against her back, the way she could hear him swallowing through her skull.
"Hey, guess what?"
As Koa nears, the baby-fine hairs on the back of Flora's neck stand up, sending a slight shiver down her spine. A twin plume of fire responds in her belly, racing up the back of her throat as the dragoon wraps his arms around her waist; no doubt Koa will feel the hiccup of joy that Flora closes her lips around as her belly tenses and then softens. Tilting her head back and lifting her chin to peer mischievously up at him—no bats in the cave, well done Koa—the queen scrunches her nose, her smile growing crooked. "Glad we left you with a lasting memory." She chuckles, shifting back against him and crossing her arms under her breasts in order to settle her hands against his forearms. "Is it like this everywhere in here? Just...little slices of all over Caido?"
Falling silent for a moment, Flora closes her eyes and listens. It isn't the birdsong, the musical clamber rushing over the stones or even the wind through the leaves; instead the queen is listening to them. To the slow sound of Koa's breath against her hair, the thrum of his heartbeat against her back, the way she could hear him swallowing through her skull.
"Hey, guess what?"
