Her head shook lightly at the back-handed compliment, deciding in all the things they were talking about, it was the least of her concerns. Something filed away for later if at all, something she could easily dismiss if needed. There were more important things to discuss, more important emotions to explore. Knowing he wasn't the tactile sort, she still slid over close to him, wrapping her arms around him in a loos embrace while she kissed his cheek.
"We love you, too, Feathers. And it's all natural. Duty, doing what's believed to be morally right eventually becomes doing what's emotionally right. It hurts more, it's confusing as hell because you can't reason with emotion, and if something goes wrong the damage can be irreversible." Pulling back, she gave him a smile. "She wants you to be happy, too. She wants to share her happiness with you, even if you don't understand it. So maybe stop thinking about it so much and just... enjoy the feeling. Our kind, the long-lived, we don't get to do these things very often. Have families, friends, lovers..." The Gods only knew she'd resisted the impulse for too long back home. "When you have them, cherish them."
She slid back to her spot on the step, looking out to the distance, comparing it to a million other places she'd been in memories stretched out into thousands of years. "If you find a piece of it here, I get that you want to know that you need to examine it, but maybe... maybe you just gotta let this one go, Ishiah. Be there for her, don't worry about him and if it all goes pear-shaped, I'll help you send him to the clinic - no questions asked."
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"We love you, too, Feathers. And it's all natural. Duty, doing what's believed to be morally right eventually becomes doing what's emotionally right. It hurts more, it's confusing as hell because you can't reason with emotion, and if something goes wrong the damage can be irreversible." Pulling back, she gave him a smile. "She wants you to be happy, too. She wants to share her happiness with you, even if you don't understand it. So maybe stop thinking about it so much and just... enjoy the feeling. Our kind, the long-lived, we don't get to do these things very often. Have families, friends, lovers..." The Gods only knew she'd resisted the impulse for too long back home. "When you have them, cherish them."
She slid back to her spot on the step, looking out to the distance, comparing it to a million other places she'd been in memories stretched out into thousands of years. "If you find a piece of it here, I get that you want to know that you need to examine it, but maybe... maybe you just gotta let this one go, Ishiah. Be there for her, don't worry about him and if it all goes pear-shaped, I'll help you send him to the clinic - no questions asked."