So's he! They might be doing the happiness feedback loop thing again. It is good. They are good.

It is and they are. Best feedback loop.

Cozy snuggly kisses!!!

So cozy! So snugglesome!

"I love you," she sighs.

"I love you too." Kiss.

Kiss. "I am so incredibly glad I failed at avoiding your attention at that one party."

"So am I."

"Was it just that I failed to get out of the way what with having my eyes closed, or did you notice me before that?"

"I noticed you before that. You were... you stood out a little. In a subtle way."

"I'm tempted to say 'not-boringness?' But I think I've ragged on the capital for that enough. Do you know what it was?"

"I know what it was, I'm not sure I can explain what it was. You were... if I say 'thinking differently' it makes me sound like a mind-reader, and I'm not, I just have a lot of practice. But you were thinking differently from the people around you."

"I think I can parse that to the tune of 'not a mind reader,'" she says thoughtfully.

"There you go, then."

"Which, considering my opinion of the people around me, sort of does round down to 'not-boringness'."

He laughs. "I don't think it's fair to call people boring for being afraid of me!"

"True. I mean, I was afraid of you, I just reacted differently to it. But I was thinking more about how things were before you showed up."

"Well, I wasn't there. And I wasn't spying much before I showed up, although I do do that sometimes. I just noticed you reacting differently."

"I'm so glad I did."

Kiss. "Me too."

Kiss. Snuggle.

Lovely cozy snuggles.

Elsewhere, someone else is doing something completely different, i.e. the library.

A young woman with a strong resemblance to Serik Tanaikon materializes on the top floor, leaning on the railing and looking down through the open central space.

That would be the daughter, then. 

He waves.

She looks at him for a moment, and then offers a small wave in return.