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[reznikolai]

[It always circles back to this, doesn't it? After a long pause in which he types and deletes and types again, finally:]

I wish I could have been what you needed back then.

[solmate]

Then you wouldn't be who you are now.

[reznikolai]

And maybe that would be alright.

[solmate]

[ She types something and then deletes it: But who w you are now is who I love.

She deletes it not because it isn't true, but it doesn't bring any resolution. ]

We can't undo our choices.
But I wouldn't rob Ravka of a good king.

I think you'll find happiness in that life.

And if not, and I'm unhappy with my retirement on the countryside come get me and we can run off and be pirates.

[reznikolai]

I suppose there are worse fates than playing house with a trusted friend.

[As they had once done, in those early days. He may not have love, but he could have companionship. And, someday, children.]

As they say in Kerch, the deal is the deal?

[solmate]

Try not to be so down about it. You must have done something amazing to tame the storm witch.

The deal is the deal.

[reznikolai]

As if she could ever be tamed.

[Another long pause, as he wonders if the question is too precarious to pose.]

Will we be alright?

[solmate]

Stranger things have happened.

[ Who ever heard of a Saint getting a happy ending? ]

I think so.
I hope so.

[reznikolai]

[Small words, trembling with possibility like the freshening spring air. He'll take it.]

I do too.