an eternity of time to waste

I've been sleepwalking, Too close to the fire
But it's the only place that I can hold you tight

Breathing deeply and feeling a flavourful lightness in the back of his throat that sinks down into his bones, Remi watches the raindrops ascend and shimmer above them. "Commandeer." The alchemist repeats, making no attempt to hide the disgust in his voice or the way his body tenses. He's thinking primarily of Isla of course, and the thought of her being taken over has him swallowing unhappily. "Do you think Safrin or Ludo could take us over? Are we just being naive about all of this?" He wonders, pressing a kiss just beneath one of Ronin's eyes.

'Well...I guess if we're being serious...maybe it would...slow them down. The way that animals are able to hibernate. It would give us time to figure out how to keep them alive without the Voice, assuming she would be destroyed." Twitching his lips as he pushes his toe through a bit of the hammock's netting, Remi shrugs as he considers. "Varus...he's Isla's—" The pause is barely noticeable, but for a moment the air feels stiff before Remi continues. "—boyfriend. He was beneath the ground for...centuries, it sounds like. So there must be some way that they can go offline and not actively need the Voice."

the lullaby

Styling stolen from Sky (obviously)