Cassiopeia's View Are you sick of all the tags yet?

-I won't,- he assured her. He would not, in fact, stay behind in the vale if Epoch up and left, but he would find a way to leave a message for Maxim. He would likely haunt the place as often as he could, making sure there was a clear trail from there to wherever they ended up. Now it was his turn to lean in and give her a warm embrace. He knew it was a bit of a whiplash, but again he thought of Vesper, Prevost, and Peregrine, only the latter of which had ever really recognized him as a father. He didn't want that for Maxim.

He pulled back after a moment. -Sorry again about... Guess I'm not as over the whole thing as I thought I was.- And maybe it really was better that he was still single, playing the field, rather than getting himself into something serious too quickly.