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"It's a deal," Ronin murmurs, leaning in for another kiss against his husband's neck. He feels too warm all of a sudden, though it merely makes him want to press himself closer against Remi, until he's on fire with the fever heat of his love for the alchemist. "We have planned it too many times for it to be more than a running joke, these days." He smiles, slow and tentative, but the clouds are parting overhead now, revealing the glow of the starlit sky. It all freezes, though, as the other man begins to tell his story about the Greatwood, the reasons behind his being there. Every blade of grass stops its sway, the air hanging still and stifling as Ronin digests the information. "You know that magnifying glass you were talking about?" he mumbles eventually. "Those ripples are going to reach farther now than ever." Frustration is the main emotion Remi will feel from the Star in the moment - no less love, no less certainty about his place at the other man's side, but gods if they couldn't have done without this. "Why didn't you wait until after I'd met with Jata to do anything? I could have found out more about all of it. I could have even checked on her, if you needed." It wouldn't have gone well, but he would have at least been able to confirm that the woman was alive and well. "She set fire to the Slagveld. Anyone in Torchline would have just kicked her to death - jail was probably the safest place for your child in all of Caido," he points out. RONIN if there's one thing i'm good at, it's surviving