Fishblight Mire Flicker

He tended to her as she spoke. He had never told her, but these moments were the ones he loved the most. He wanted to open her mind and gaze upon her inner workings; to know her the way he knew himself. He savored any opportunity to ask her questions, and adored the way that she found her thoughts by talking through them.

Mmm, he rumbled in consideration. Given where they came from, he understood why she wanted what she did. That sounds nice, he said again, before realizing he was just repeating himself. It will be different, he added on, but I think it will be good for us.

She had been by his side for nearly all of his life. Though some aspects of his earthly residence had been less than kind, how could he have not had a soft life with her influence to guide him? But he understood what she meant and relented to it. Then we will have one, he confirmed. There was power in being able to speak to one's desires.

Maybe for the first time, he was convinced that it would all work out.