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[Cassian and Kay's house is often lively and, while Kay is trying to keep what is happening behind him mostly out of frame, Cassian and some pokemon can be spotted.]

Does anybody know a good blacksmith that can weld my wedding ring into place? [Kay raises his left hand and sure enough, there's a white gold ring around his finger.] It keeps falling off because my frame's too smooth and I don't want to lose it by accident.

[Any attempts at seriousness are ruined when there's a yelp, a shout of] Galantea! Get back here right now! [and then there's a Sylveon wearing a tiny tuxedo throwing herself at Kay smugly crowing Sylveon! Sylveon! Cassian appears a moment later, plucking her from Kay’s shoulder. If you look closely, you can see a matching wedding ring on Cassian’s hand, worn along with the gunmetal-grey ring made of Kay’s frame he’s been wearing since Christmas.]

That’s it, you’ve been wearing this tux since the wedding. Enough now. [For his troubles, he gets his cheek licked– slowly and slobbery and with great relish. He finally notices the phone in Kay’s hand.] If you’re going to announce it, you might as well tell them we’ll be unavailable for our honeymoon.

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Yes, we got married here. Right after my term ended. I realize it's unusual to marry here but there is nothing for us to return to. We will live here for however long we have, and when we are sent back to our world, we die.

[ Yay. So cheerful. He does want to believe in what Marco had said about seeing more worlds in their future but death back home is a certainty. ]

Edited 2018-07-03 14:53 (UTC)

[The most cheerful.]

[Then again, Mai was perhaps one of the few who might be able relate; she was no longer promised death upon return, but up until a short time ago, it had been all but a certainty in her mind. So for someone else to want to grab at whatever happiness they could for as long as borrowed time allowed it....]

It's been a long time since I've encountered a newly married couple. The thought...never really occured to me. That it could happen here.

But I am happy for the both of you.

[ Cassian gives a curt nod. ]

It took me a long time to wrap my mind around this place being... Well, not a permanent home, I knew right away there was nothing for me to return to, but truly accepting it. Embracing it on its own terms instead of thinking and acting as if I were still at home.

[ Does that even make sense? He doesn't know how to find words for these long months in which he had only kept fighting the shadows of the war back home. ]

I know you and Trunks come from similar or worse circumstances. It takes time. Then you meet all these people here who have built new lives. Couples who have gotten married or are getting married, too. I never thought about it until my friend Weiss got engaged.

[It made enough sense to her.]

Do you think you'd feel the same way if you and Kay...did have a home to return to? Or even just the promise of one?

That... is a very good question.

[ He drops his gaze as he tries to picture it. ]

I'm not sure. I know I would be restless to return. We're in the middle of a war, and people are relying on me. I left right in the middle of us trying to stop a superweapon which can blow up an entire planet with one shot. Even knowing we will be sent back to the moment in time we were taken from... I would know it, but I would probably still feel a sense of urgency.

And I'm not sure if I would have been willing to start anything with Kay, knowing our memories of it will be suppressed when we are sent back. Maybe I would have seen it as a second chance anyway but... I just don't know.

Edited 2018-07-08 13:32 (UTC)

[Now that made even more sense to her. Because she did have a world to return to. Or, at least, a new world she'd promised to travel to. Maybe not the world they came from--that was no longer a possibility--but one similar enough. With the faces of their loved ones waiting for them.]

[It was, perhaps, one of the few reasons why Mai couldn't picture herself settling in this city. Not for long.]

I understand.

I know it wasn't an easy question to answer, but thank you for trying.

[ He gives a curt nod, lips pressed together a little sheepishly. ]

I understand why you would want to ask, under your circumstances. If it were just idle curiosity I wouldn't have answered.

[ But he's learned so much about her situation and Trunks that it's hard to rebuff her when she has a honest question. ]

If it were just idle curiosity, I wouldn't have asked.

[Not him, anyways; she was beginning to learn his type, and knew that such inquiries wouldn't get her anywhere.]

I... I guessed as much.

[ But now, in hindsight, he feels a little embarrassed by his frankness anyway. Or maybe not embarrassed so much as exposed. He averts his eyes. ]

Is there anything else you would like to ask me?

[Sparing him further embarrassment, she shook her head.]

No.

You've already been more than helpful.

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