it's a long way home

cut up our losses into doable doses

ration our tears and sighs

Rolling his eyes with a weary huff that thankfully remained firmly on the side of playfulness rather than macabre (will you be here, next time I am sick?). Grinning back with far less wickedness (that was a gift Ronin would always have in spades over the gentle alchemist), there was no less heat in his shattered gaze. "Anytime. Though...I may have to call a halt if your cloud becomes a regular addition." Remi added crookedly.

Holding the hunter's hand fast but firm, Remi ignored the trembles as he continued the mark Ronin's palm with invisible ink. Every now and then the vein of the feather would meander as if tracing out a word rather than following the hovels and hollows of the hunter's calloused hands, and Remi would smile secretly to himself.

Raising a brow at the mention of Pheobe and Jigano, both who seemed fine the last time Remi had seen them, the alchemist hummed a note and nodded. "If it is just you..and the gods heal Safrin..I do not know why I didn't think to ask her if that would be enough for you." Remi said, sighing and leaning his forehead against Ronin's shoulder.

Remi

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