"I will probably decline to personally cry, and my dad probably wouldn't either, but my mom can turn on the waterworks for all of us, I suppose."
Adana giggles. "Okay. One third tearful reunion and the other two thirds manly stoicism."
"So what sorts of things did you try on summoning people from Limbo? I can work off of that and try different angles."
"Okay, there are some things I can try, and I can talk to more experienced summoners about different methods, too."
"The revelation of limbo does kind of suggest the revelation about souls, so maybe be a little discreet with it. Unless you determine that you can in fact resurrect the dead, in which case I support going completely nuts with it right away and getting lots of summoner-hours on the project."
"Right, I wouldn't ask on a public extranet forum or something, I would pretend to be asking about summoning fairies or something and then use that in the case of Limbo. Unless I actually manage it, in which case, I will happily cause lots and lots of tearful or stoic reunions."
She hugs him back, smiling. "It has been added to my long, long list of projects. I'm starting to think that list will just be endless and I'll be working on it for the rest of eternity."
"You will most likely lose a certain amount of practical input if you take that long. Medical immortality is not yet a go, as far as I've heard."
"I am not planning to take that long. I am planning to make quite a lot of progress and live to be two hundred, and shortly after I die for my kids to immediately summon me back so I can keep up the good work. But obviously that might not work, so I will just go as fast as humanly possible."
"Um. Eventually, I guess? But honestly it could be replaced with like - summoning apprentice or something, it's just someone who is younger than I would be and therefore be able to resurrect me when I die of old age."
Quietly, she adds, "... I wouldn't need to actually bear them, if I want them, anyway. I'm adopted, it's not like I'm going to be insistent that they came from my womb."
"Humanity still hasn't solved all the various problems that necessitate adoption, huh?"
"No. But I'm not complaining about needing adoption, I love my dad to bits."
Pause. "... But I guess that's not something daeva can do? If you wanted any before demon-hood? If so, I'm really sorry, that sucks."
"It wasn't a huge priority for me, really," he assures her. "Always a 'maybe someday but maybe not'."
She nods. "Okay. That reminds me, if I get resurrection down I will also want to start campaigning for daeva rights, along with the resurrected dead."
"Thank you! It has always sort of bothered me how mortals do not treat daeva properly. I mean, angels and fairies they treat okay, but I never realized just how badly demons are treated until..." She motions to Cam.