Flycatcher Downs well, everything has changed

Pinch him again - was this really happening? He felt like he'd practically soared the distance they'd covered, what with the giddiness that seemed to set every step alight. Kaito could not have asked for anything more. The sun shone on, uninterrupted by any cloud in the sky, little spring flowers sprung from the patchy grounds of the Downs, but he might as well have been lost in some murky old wood, what with the fairness of @Arlette, eclipsing these thing with the simple loveliness of herself. He'd screwed up a lot these past couple months, he was well too aware, and he hadn't expected her to so much as want to be in his presence after how he'd taken to avoid her... but her forgiveness refreshed him -- her grace, and second chance...

I mean sure, she was pretty, but there were lots of pretty girls out there. Pretty hearts were much harder to find, but he was certain he found one in her.

"That's the mountain up ahead!" he chirruped through a smile, "It looks pretty close right now, but it'll take us at least another night and day to get there. So what'd'you think so far? D'you like it out here?"