It wasn't the reunion I would have preferred, nor the one that I expected, but it sufficed. There are times when one has to accept a situation as it is.

[A dry snerk under his breath.] You wouldn't be wrong. I've made it clear to some that I keep my heart high up under my ribs where it belongs. And yet, there's a part of my heart still willing to open to someone. Our Omens can see what thoughts we hide from ourselves.

And it's hard to be angry with that cute little face, when the little rascal means well.