Prayer for a cure [SE - OPEN]

BASTIEN i am the remedy to your heart, "Back in Venice, a rather shocking amount of my budget. But here? The alcohol is blessedly free. Or at least - no one asks you to pay at the bar. I am almost holding my breath waiting for a sudden bill." He had sometimes wondered if he was expected to give something back for the many drinks he'd had at the Rathskeller, but now that he barely attended anymore...perhaps they might forget the time he'd spent there, as memorable as it had been. That Rexanna's love could make him so quickly accepted was curious to him; he was so used to lovers being criticised and family gossip erupting at any new beau in noble groups back in Italy. Honestly, he thought it a little unwise. He did not have siblings, but if he did he might have wanted to form his own opinion on new dates rather than just accepting their love. Still, he wouldn't complain that Hotaru had easily accepted him. "I hope I can impress you on my own benefits soon enough, even so." What she said about her past was awful, but he couldn't help focusing on an element besides the sorrow. She mentioned jumping through portals to 'realms' so casually that he, for the first time, considered that one could intentionally do what he had accidentally slept into. "I am sorry to hear about your children. Though...ah...forgive me, I am interested. How do you go between these 'realms'? Is it so easy to find a portal?" I am the carbon collected. I am the printed upon your stars.