know it all

"Because she is a goddess," Ronin says simply, and the simplicity of his statement says it all. Safrin could pull a blanket over the world like nobody else could. She could cover old wounds and hurts, could smooth out the wrinkles in Ronin's psyche and replace all of his complications with sweetness and light and she would barely even need to try. And for a man who has fought for so hard, for so long, letting someone do that is unashamedly tempting. When Remi pulls back he will find a pair of startled blue eyes and cheeks streaked with tears, and though there's none of the sudden recklessness in Ronin's expression, this is tempting too. "And what, you'll just hop off every other evening to Halo?" he asks, not meaning to sound as bitter as he does. Because that is still the crux of it, whether they are in a cottage in a meadow or in a little shop in Stormbreak. Talk turns to children, and Ronin nods sadly, his agreement something that fits into Remi's like a lock into a key. "I feel the same way," he whispers. "It's not as though we can just... have them." Not like I did with Vanya, or you with Hotaru. RONIN if there's one thing i'm good at, it's surviving