Whitebark Stream [m] would you love me if I ruled the world?

He's sweet, Dione wonders how he hasn't melted on her tongue. If you stay, that's all I need now. For how short time with children could feel, it was undeniable that they were forever. She needed to know that Veteran would at least be here for the temporary part. And if that temporary part worked out, she needed him to be someone to walk beside her through this new chapter, and some day into the next. Til death parted them, as it always did.

Dione nudges his shoulder, a signal that she's ready to leave for what he has prepared. It isn't really his words that she needs right now — she already trusts Veteran with what is most precious to her; the future.

Would you like to fade out in your next post? We can set up a thread heading to Great Sky after, assuming that'll be home base for now!