[se] as if maybe someone could hear

cut up our losses into doable doses

ration our tears and sighs

'Well, we both know I've always had issues with my memory.' Remi chuckled back dryly. Whatever spark of amusement there had been disappeared entirely with Ronin's description of their daughter. Sighing against the firm weight of Ronin against him, the alchemist could do little else but nod. 'Impossible, yeah. Hence why I made..." He peered distantly over the cliff, before leaning back against the rocks and Ronin. "..that."

Allowing the words and the moment to sink into his bones like a cool mist, eventually, Remi clapping his hands on his knees and shot Ronin a mischievous look. "Well, given that my original lantern has met an untimely but probably much-needed end, what do you propose we make instead?"

Remi

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