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She relaxed as he leaned on her, for that he was glad. It meant she did not entirely hate what he was doing to her, speaking sarcastically and throwing his problems in her face. The Roman was muddled up, grief clouded his mind and he did not know what he was doing, or thinking. It was as if the gods above sent a bolt of gray grief into his head and it was much stronger than he could endure. But even that theory didn't make sense. None of it made sense. Nothing ever made sense. Nothing ever worked out for him. The gods gave him happiness, then threw him more grief than he could manage.
"He would have been willing to?" her voice brought him out of his thoughts, and tilting his head so he could meet her eyes, he nodded. "Yes, he would. Perhaps I see it now." Shadow lowered his head, the faintest shadow of a smile touching his lips. Yes, it seems she figured out the boy was him. It didn't take a genius to figure it out. But it did took a lot of brains, trust and understanding and Crëyr possessed all of them. Hadrian thought Paarthurnax was a blessing and a gift, she was, but turns out the gods gave him two more. Flash and this silver female. They stuck by him for so long, Adair, Tiberius, Enya, everyone else was gone except for them.
"Both." she replied and he sat up, suddenly intrigued, wondering what her answer could be. "Love makes you strong, builds you up, fills you with the... well, strongest force on Earth— all of a sudden there will be a twist of fate and it'll bring you to their grave." Shadow chuckled softly but did not comment, deciding to listen to the rest first.
Slowly, Shadow drifted into sleep.