what baking can do

the lullaby

And you should know,
I left but never lost my place

The list of things Nate hasn't done is likely shorter, not that Remi says so. "I apologized to Sunjata after what happened with Vai...I even let him hit me in a dream and said he could kill me as well, if it would help. I thought we left things as resolved as they could be. But then Nate found me in an alley, so I let him take a few swings as well to get it out of his system." Remi's jaw feathers. At the time he'd thought this was the right thing to do. That if Nate felt like he'd accomplished something, then the matter could be put to bed at last. "But I think it only made it worse. He can't hurt me and seeing it for himself...so then he threatened to come back with more power. From the Voice, presumably." Rubbing between his eyes, Remi gives another boyish shrug as his hand falls back to his side. "I bumped into him the other day, and he just...he kept pushing me." Metaphorically and literally. 'And now with what is happening with Hotaru it...it is just a mess.' Did Ama know about that yet?

Honestly, Remi doesn't expect Ama to just...agree. Not so abruptly as she does, anyway. Shoved backward, the alchemist's wings flare outward as he tries to steady himself. The silent arrival of light turned sharp is unexpected as well, and it cuts neatly into his skin. Rising up into the air once he realizes that he can't continue to step backward, Remi spins and looks at the shards of glass that glitter with sunlight and blood. "Wow, Ama." He grunts, impressed, as drops of blood splatter onto the pavement below where he hovers.

and these nights I miss you most
my heart is yours to break

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!