when you wish

The goddess laughed demurely and waived her hand as Ronin bowed. "No, no, sugar. Never to me." She said softly, her perfectly painted lips drawing up in a smile. "Not quite a man...certainly not a god. But somewhere in between." She offered as possibly an explanation, though it would no doubt elucidate almost nothing. As he mentioned that he didn't know what he did to merit it, the goddess laughed again, stretching out an arm and nodding towards it, indicating Ronin should link his arm through hers. "It isn't always about you, sugar." He said with an amused smile, her eyes twinkling prophetically as she looked up into the sky. " Some of us just weren't ready to see you  shine from so far away...But—" She mused, tugging him closer and giving him a playfully admonishing stare, "—do not treat this second life casually. The stars that aligned, so to speak, to make this possible...I do not believe it will come to pass again." Safrin