It was a promise made between the two of them, a solemn vow sworn in the dark and consummated under the stars. Once they were quiet, still bound by society's rules and those in the next room, but that society had crumbled a long time ago and there was nothing left now but them. They explored their bodies and the power under their skin, one mind across two of them, until at last they collapsed still tangled in each other and slipped into the quieter world of their dreamland.