wonderland

& i sing hallelujah, ripped through my veins

"Never." Remi assured him instantly, his head leaning slightly to the side as if to convey his sadness that such had been Ronin's first thought. "I was just out for a walk. Neither of us has been sleeping well, and for once you were and so I did not want to wake you." He explained, the kindness in his eyes fracturing slightly as he wondered whether or not this had been a selfish gesture on his part.

"Mmm, indeed. I cannot imagine what would have happened if it did." Remi agreed, reaching out a hand to snake it around Ronin's waist and pull the ex-captain closer. "And yes...I think I am fine." He replied with a small smile. It would be his luck to somehow survive this, the curse being he'd have to live on without Ronin. "Arduinna was there.." He all but whispered, hesitation and anxiety smoothing out his accent such that Remi sounded decidedly unlike himself for a moment. "She promised us all...a gift of sorts for protecting the woods. Whatever we would like." Tugging in a breath, the alchemist smiled to himself, the bittersweet news a weighty and unwanted burden on his tongue. There was no easy way to reconcile his love for their starlit daughter with Remi's insurmountable love for her father. Perhaps that was why the gift he'd been given seemed prickle at his heart. "She could not save you, as she did the Undine. But.." Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small charm. It glistened in the early morning light as it spun elegantly on the end of a necklace. "This can protect Aoife from getting the blight."

i heard the hammer drop, my blood in the rain

Coding base by Sky!