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"Oh? Oh, does her being an Ancient change that as well?" Mateo's eyes grow wide as he considers it, the botanist chewing at the inside of his cheek. "I wonder if perhaps your mother would know anything. She must have treated some Ancients since the end of the last war..." Or maybe it will just be different for every Ancient; chaos incarnate, as is Dygra's whole deal. And the thought strikes him suddenly, Mateo clapping his hands together. "I know a priestess of Dygra too," he quips. "You know, if you wanted me to ask her, or to introduce you."
Realising he's at risk of overwhelming Ever with too many choices, Mateo holds up a hand and reins himself in with a slow, deep breath, though his smile is an impossible thing by this point and refuses to be banished. "I think you have yourself to thank," he counters easily as he catches sight of the aviator wilting under his praise out of the corner of his eye. "Even with all those things I did, if you had not wanted it, none of this would have happened."
Surprised and quietly delighted as the other man's fingers curl about his own, of all people Mateo knows not to take it for granted. "Prego," he trills. "You are my best friend and my snow brother, Ever. I will always be there for you, for this the same as anything else."
Realising he's at risk of overwhelming Ever with too many choices, Mateo holds up a hand and reins himself in with a slow, deep breath, though his smile is an impossible thing by this point and refuses to be banished. "I think you have yourself to thank," he counters easily as he catches sight of the aviator wilting under his praise out of the corner of his eye. "Even with all those things I did, if you had not wanted it, none of this would have happened."
Surprised and quietly delighted as the other man's fingers curl about his own, of all people Mateo knows not to take it for granted. "Prego," he trills. "You are my best friend and my snow brother, Ever. I will always be there for you, for this the same as anything else."
