postscript

the lullaby

Love isn't all that it seems
I did you wrong

The alchemist wrinkles his nose at the prospect of Halo, punctuating it with a dramatic shiver. "I think you and I in Halo might be taken the wrong way." Remi points out as if he needs more of a reason than just the cold. "Just now the Greatwood has...toned down alliances with any other regions, which I think also has the effect of making me not particularly welcome in them. So the Oerwoud sounds great."

Surprised to find her arms suddenly around him again, Remi has to swallow down the urge to lift her up and instead just nods against her. "It was unlike anything else I have ever felt...I saw him before, long ago, but this? He held my hand, and it was like...like the vibrancy of the world had changed. Or like the cool breeze that had been blowing down my neck for years was suddenly gone." With dimples deepened by joy and love, the alchemist beams down at the Remedy. "I feel...I feel finally like I am okay again." Okay despite Hotaru and the twins, despite his brush with death thanks to Ronin's draconic fury, despite this ever-nearing war.

I'll stay here with you
Until this dream is gone

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!