"I... just do whatever I want though. Instead of trying to make it easier."

"You shouldn't do anything you don't want! It will make my mind control very alarmed if you do things you don't want on my behalf!"

For some reason this is going to make Lucette cry!

Oh no. Annie doesn't know what else to say and just goes on hugging her and maybe also cries a little bit.

"Your mind control seems really bad and I want to wish it had never happened to you, but a part of me is happy I get to have you and I don't think my demon was wrong about that."

"It's better than you hating that I happened to you, given that I did anyway!"

"It.... I don't...It feels wrong."

"Because of the demon. You didn't bring me here and you didn't hit me with a bunch of artifacts and if I had to happen to you it's better that you like it."

"It still seems wrong to like someone being mind controlled into loving me."

"You're not about to repeat the experiment! It doesn't help anything for you to be guilty about it!"

"Would you have thought that before you were in love with me?"

"Yes! Guilt is pointing at - mistakes, at things that you shouldn't repeat. There's no mistake, there is nothing to not repeat, so it's useless here, it's just good if you're happy and not good if you're unhappy."

"I.... could try harder to keep in mind whether I'm hurting you by accident. So I don't. As often."

"Not if you're going to give yourself a complex about it, that will not help on net at all."

"Are there things I could do though? That would help?"

"Only if you are not going to have a complex about them so right after a haunting is not the right time to brainstorm about it."

"If you're sure."

Annie kisses her cheek. "Pretty sure."

Lucette makes an involuntary gasp at the cheek kiss, not that Annie can hear, and stares at Annie intensely, not that Annie can see.

Annie can notice a sharp inhalation, just not auditorily. "Is - was that okay -"

"I'm-you-"

"- if there was any doubt, I still love you."

Nod nod.

"...I really liked it when you kissed me because it reminded me of that."

"Well, we could shut your door again and go in your room and kiss more."

"That would be nice if it makes you happy and seems like a good idea to you, and it's you deciding that right now and not me."