Ocean's Breath Plateau 'Cause I could be in love if I really tried

"i missed you, annak," he breathed, eyes softening, heart gathering its great affections as their eyes met. "sick?"
but he kissed marina then, as long and lengthily as she wished, laughing against the corner of her mouth and breathing in the good sweet perfume of her, feeling the warmth of her slender arms around him.
she overjoyed him so much; chakliux did not mind being a fool for marina, a fool in his love for her, which brought him to joyous grinning and a kiss for each temple, each cheekbone.
it was so beautiful to be home, to stand in the cold water with her and feel the surge of moontide's power around them. "i can take you to kukutux. what have you been feeling?" he asked with attentive concern, seeking to guide them both now from the sea.