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[deescalate]

cal kestis

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[deescalate]

Yeah. I hope she can grow to not be as scared of Tanalorr one day. Whatever we can do to help.

[nochnaya]

It may take time. What little time she has spent there...

[ Hasn't been pleasant. ]

[deescalate]

I know. It's not gonna happen overnight.

[Truthfully, Cal is at a complete loss when it comes to Kata. He worries that if she doesn't outright hate him, she at least fears him, both of which he understands. But he struggles to connect with her, not like Merrin, to whom Kata attached herself almost immediately.

Call understands that, too.

He could tell her all this - Merrin would probably encourage him to do so - but he doesn't want to lay out his doubts and fears when they've been having a nice conversation, for once. He likes having nice conversations.

They haven't even been separated for too long, but Cal finds himself sighing after a time, his voice soft.]

I miss you.

[nochnaya]

As do I. I wish you were here with me now.

[ But she knows him well. She can't see him, but she can picture him in her mind's eye on the other side: the pause, his expression lost in thought, his gaze faraway—then the sigh. ]

What are you thinking?

[deescalate]

[He knows what Merrin is getting at, but he's also stubborn. She's said it himself.]

I'm thinking...I miss our bed in that hut, too.

[nochnaya]

[ He's stubborn, but she'll let it go—for now. ]

I miss it too. Sleeping beside you at night.

That is something we will need for our home on Tanalorr as well.