#31 – Sacred
Once in a fit of rage he had smashed a statue of Martel, not knowing she had seen his blasphemy, not knowing the suspicion he planted by doing so.
#32 – Farewells
When the party left an injured at Dirk's house, their eyes met and she knew it would probably be the last time they saw one another.
#33 – World
If mana made up the world, did that mean their love was made of it too, and did that mean it could run out?
#34 – Formal
There was a grand ball in Meltokio to celebrate the rejoining of the worlds (she wore blue silk) that included dancing (he stepped on her toes), feasting (none of her cooking, thankfully) and toasting the night way (after her fifth glass he escorted her upstairs, tucked her in and stood guard outside the room).
#35 – Fever
"Angels don't get sick," he told her through a hacking cough; in actuality, he just didn't want her to nurse him with her cooking.
#36 – Laugh
For a moment—the tiniest moment—she imagined he had smiled—a teensy, bitty smile—at her joke.
#37 – Lies
"I will aid the Chosen in throughout her journey" he promised the schoolteacher when they first set off.
#38 – Forever
A half-elf and an angelized human couldn't live forever but they could live long enough.
#39 – Overwhelmed
First he was a traitor, then he wasn't, then he was, then he was Lloyd's father—finally she just shut her heart to him to keep it from failing.
#40 – Whisper
"I'm sorry," he had whispered to her when he thought she was asleep; the next day at the Tower of Salvation she realized why.