we can't make any promises now

Briefly, Remi wondered if it had always been like this between them. Had he always had to chase the Launceleyn, to constantly bat away everything lobbed in his path? If he had ever stopped or taken a break, had he been criticized for it? It felt like a game less than a test. A game he was meant to lose, for inevitably there would come a time he didn't defend the Launceleyn against himself, and then surely he'd be like all the others. It hurt, somewhere deep inside, to think of their situation like that. Hurt, but didn't dissuade. "And I told you that it does matter. Or it can, if only you let it. Not knowing how is hardly an excuse." The alchemist countered gently, but firmly. As Loren's chin found his knees and silent tears streamed from his eyes, Remi had to curl the fingers intertwined around one another as a reminder not to reach out. REMI Loving you was sunshine, but then it poured & I lost so much more than my senses 'Cause loving you had consequences