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There are things to do, of course, besides being Aya's cuddle buddy. Prime is usually quite busy, and now is no exception. Just because he's personally out of mana, doesn't mean he's utterly useless. His plane's got mages in it, after all - and many of them owe him favors or are amenable to being paid. And they need mirrors, for communication. After longer than was strictly prudent spent comforting Aya, he bids her goodbye and goes to handle the less glamorous moments of being him. That is, talking to people, asking for favors, paying favors, persuading them to say yes, they'll use some of their precious magic stores to make mirrors.
Ironically enough, the one thing missing when he's finished is the mirrors themselves. Easy enough to fix, with Revelation. But he'll take care of it tomorrow - he's tired, and it's been a long and complicated and emotionally exhausting 'day,' even if he doesn't properly have them anymore. Sleep, and then he'll get back to dealing with it all. The mirrors, first, they're easiest, then continuing to figure out what to do about Aya.
When he wakes, he goes to talk to a demon about that. Knock, knock, calling Inferno, is Revelation in?
darkest_evening
darkest_evening
"It still - functions, it's just very thoroughly broken when it comes to Annie, and that breaks other things, too. It looks like he's used to it, anyway."
namesthesky
"It's okay. I'd get more useful information out of Annie anyway, probably. Bells are non-numerical."
darkest_evening
"Yes. And similarly, I think I got more useful information out of Aldaras than I would have gotten from Annie."
darkest_evening
"Too is an obvious answer," clarifies Prime. "We would never go outside. Instead of you, though, I have no idea."
namesthesky
Aya makes a little noise that neither agrees nor disagrees, and squirms again, and puts her face on his shoulder and sighs.
namesthesky
"I am pretty tormentable right now. I'm not sure if you're going to get anywhere with that plan in the long run without at least kissing me."
darkest_evening
It's sort of hard to tell. She has the Adarin with the killer poker face. He just sort of - looks vaguely thoughtful. For a little while.
And then:
"Okay."
And then he tilts her head up to the proper angle and kisses her.
And then:
"Okay."
And then he tilts her head up to the proper angle and kisses her.
namesthesky
Mmmkiss.
She flings herself absolutely into it, and - wrenches back into a more restrained posture when she notices she's doing it. But she's not going to be the one to break the kiss.
She flings herself absolutely into it, and - wrenches back into a more restrained posture when she notices she's doing it. But she's not going to be the one to break the kiss.
darkest_evening
He's a bit more restrained about the kiss, but - yeah, he is actively kissing her. For a while. He is five centuries old, he knows how to breathe through his nose. Also: more than just theoretical experience kissing. He's got that, too.
"Did that help or make it worse?" he laughs when he deems that there has been Enough Kisses For Now.
"Did that help or make it worse?" he laughs when he deems that there has been Enough Kisses For Now.
darkest_evening
Oh, look, neck nuzzles gets a reaction out of him. The reaction is a small hitch in his breath, and then he carries on as normal.
"Fair. All right then. Please keep being happy, I would like for you to keep being happy."
"Fair. All right then. Please keep being happy, I would like for you to keep being happy."