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She wasn't always like that, Phox explained. Did you know she put me out for a really long time after I left the first go-around? She wouldn't even speak to me. I basically groveled at her feet in order for her to get me to trust her again. I know it's an old trope to be all 'it'll change as you get older,' but it's got some truth to it. And maybe one day you and Fig will both want to fix it. You two have plenty of time.

Hell, Phox liked to think that he had plenty of time. He wondered if his loss of limb would have changed his lifespan. Thinking about The End wasn't something he did terribly often, although he had noticed a decidedly upward trend in those thoughts ever since his leg went away.

On the other hand... sometimes shit does stay broken. Usually when somebody stops trying or, well. You know. Phox still felt like he could have saved his relationship with Niamh if she'd survived whatever had happened to her. Letting go of the "what if" of that had taken a long time, and he still wasn't sure he was totally over it.