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[ Tiredly ] Not losing anything is an incredible accomplishment. Give yourself some more credit.

Not getting each other killed for a few weeks has also been an impressive accomplishment.

[puts the pen aside a sec, and just wraps both his hands around Minuet's flesh one, hearing that tone in his voice]

I will try.

Is it strange that the tie has been, in its way, reassuring?

[ Good, that's even better than tic-tac-toe ]

Kinda? I've been nervous as all hell!

Mm. I, too.

But when nothing happens, it's an easement all the same, just to know you're still here.

... Yeah, that's true.

Even in a demon's realm, I could be sure you were alive. Helped me keep my head.

You worked hard.

...

You're right. It is something.

[ "It's everything," we do not say to the pragmatic strategist ]

You did too. That's why you've earned a break.

[...]

Have you slept since you got back?

Nnnoooo?

If I join you, will you take a couple of hours?

... Yeah. Sounds nice, actually.

Mm.

[gently tugs him up by their joined hands]

I think we're about to tie, anyway. I'll help you make breakfast later.

[ Allowing himself to be herded easily ]

My place? Unless you got a non-cursed room in the past few days.

When rituals start providing us with such again, it is first on my personal list; but that did not happen while you were gone.

[and that is, indeed, why they are making their way to the Bluebell door and not Lily]

[ Pushing the way into Bluebell on cue and making the familiar trudge up to the tower ]

Okay, so what's an ideal Charon bedroom look like?

I'm imagining books and also fancy.

Bookshelves and an extremely good bed are preferable, yes. Also, a decent desk.

Though I do perfectly well with much less, and we don't sleep much, so I don't know...

A desk just means you'll work more.

What makes you happy? Relaxed? Besides the books.

[uh...]

...

[this one's a lot harder to figure out atm]

[ DELIBERATELY AND CALCULATEDLY CONTINUES LOOKING AT HIM IN INNOCENT EXPECTATION ]

Chess. Handling Lethe's animals. Fighting, sometimes. You.

[only one of these can go in a bedroom on a permanent basis]

[ TRIPS ON A STEP AND NEARLY FACEPLANTS ]

--So, a chess set maybe? Got it.

[he tries to catch him on reflex even though if Minuet fell over for real he would just take Charon with him]

If we're playing that way, tell me something that makes you relax to have around.

Uh, well . . . I'm not really a 'stuff' guy, I guess? It's not very practical back home.

[ Pushing open the door to his room with barely any personal belongings in it, to punctuate the point ]

I'd pick a totally empty room with people I love in it any day.

You're just as bad as I am, but in the opposite direction.

Maybe. But it sounds like we've got some compatible overlap all the same.

[ Pushing Charon onto the bed and proceeding to build a cocoon of pillows around him ]

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