the night is lovely as a rose

”That better be a promise. It’s been a helluva few days, Zeph, and a girl’s got a lot of steam to burn off.” She grins to him, tilting her head with a thoroughly bemused expression as she watches him reach into the bag. And reach, and reach, and dig around some more. ”What have you got in there?” she wonders, not knowing of its properties, of course. And of all the magic that the dockhand might produce, some bits of bread do not make the list, unsurprisingly. ”What?” Vai chuckles, accepting the bread mainly because she’s too shocked to do anything else, her arm slipping into Zeph’s easily. And so they stroll towards the shore, their hands held aloft, like they’re giving the moon a treat. ”Ready for what?” she inquires, both elated and just a little wary. vervain I am always on your side