Golden Glade Farewell Tour

There was an air of shared sentimentality in the silence between them, so thick that Reek could nearly feel it brush against his greying guard hairs. He turned to his mate as she spoke and looked upon her with fondness. It was a bittersweet thing to hide this illness from her. Of the all the lies Reek ever told, this was by far the hardest to maintain. He distracted himself with her question. It was much easier to think about good things and fond memories. Especially now.

"'Course I do," he told her. "Both of us runnin' and lookin' for fresh starts." He supposed he found it in Jhala; the hard reset he needed. It felt like an entire lifetime had passed since that day. He felt young then, like there was so much more to be done. Reek shook his head and mused aloud, "God, we got old, didn't we?"

He paused for a moment and he made himself wistful. "Well," he added, "at least I did."