The Sentinels Into the light

"You do realize that you are cursed for life now," Osprey said, nipping playfully at her mate's nose, enjoying the idea that he was still willing to leave his duties behind in order to be with her. Madness aside, it still felt great to be desired and liked. "And I ain't letting you go," she added in a tone that implied that the magic was real and working, that he should believe in it. 

"Sounds nice," it had been a while since she had gone to the beach herself, not even realizing that her mind had carefully stored the memories of that one particular encounter there in a not too distant past. "Though we can save the burden of carrying it and eat it here and now," she offered, having had her share of carrying the creature and wanting to be able to talk to her mate, while they got to the sea-shore. 

"You take a half and I take a half?"