S A M U E L
Sam lead Remi to a dark alcove in the corner of the temple, a couple along from where their makeshift bed had been during Longnight. For a moment he wondered, if he could see himself now from then, as a ghost or omen of the future, how would he had felt? Would he had held onto Remi harder? Kept watch more?
But there was little time to think of himself as a ghost when he was alive and had this to sort out. "Thank you. Um....Well, I wanted to talk to you about a promise you made to me. Before...before you forgot." Sam held his arm with his hand, clearly uncomfortable. Would saying this push Remi away? Was it too much?
"Talking about the barrier, it reminded me. You...well. We agreed that if the barrier did fall, that you and I would go together. Travel...together." As he said it it definitely sounded like a couples plan, something that would no longer fit in with them, but he tried to not let this realisation show.
"So I just...wanted to tell you and I suppose...see if you'd want to." He couldn't help the quiver in his voice and the painfully hopeful look in his eyes, the clear desperation for a yes.
I AM THE OCEAN CLAWING AT YOUR MOON
