in a word, love

Vervain

"I do say so," Vai murmured, smiling softly to him and pausing before the rocky trail leading back up to the lighthouse. "There will be other nights. I'm not going away again, so perhaps you and I can have a campout another time," she said, fully intending to do just that in the nights to come. Standing before Remi, for all that had been said and not said, Vai knew they had barely scratched the surface of what the Alchemist had actually been through. A summary didn't do it justice.

So, stepping forward, she wrapped him in a tight hug, one that said everything her words couldn't. "Love you, Remi. Sorry I haven't been here," she murmured.

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