Red Son, as always, proved to be the grounding force she needed to keep herself from falling victim to her own emotions. Although now his logic was also profoundly empathetic, and she was glad he could speak it so clearly while she was struggling to keep her own thoughts in line.

"I told him I'd see him again, so I have to." Her wish was to move between worlds as she pleased, and Red Son's own ability to do so would be a boon just as much. It wasn't an absurd hope to have.

Night Sky sighed and tilted her head back to look up at him, her bright eyes hazy with tears and rimmed with red. "I'm glad you're still here." If he ever left before her, she genuinely had no idea what she would do.