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Since reading magic theory books and thinking about spell design are both things that can be done while cuddling, Siva's been doing less of the "divide her time between Tanaikon and the library" thing over the past few days since a certain emotionally complicated conversation. Cuddling is good. Falling asleep in her lover's arms is also good. Siva did that tonight.
It's not where she wakes up.
"Ooh, yes. So--I don't remember exactly what I said before Nahira came up, what do you know about souls?"
"Souls are how magic works here, people can manifest them into nifty artifacts with personality-relevant powers that communicate the person's basic nature. Mine," she says a little smugly, "generates pain when I'm touching it and tell it to, which is very convenient for our kind of magic. Anyway, if you touch someone's soul you are touching their soul, which is commonly known to be horrific agony but is, in fact, a level of intimacy either unbearable or irresistible depending on who's doing the touching."
"I love you too. Anyway, you should try it! But put me down on the bed, first, I tend to go completely limp, there is literally no attention left to pay to my body when this is happening."
As expected, she goes completely limp.
The expression on her face is a more serene kind of bliss than the awe that occurs when Seofar does it.
Well that's lovely.
He settles on the bed next to Seofar and then puts her soul down.
"I am the luckiest woman in two worlds," she says when her brain has fit itself back in her skull.
Serik kisses her.
"Wonder what happens if we both hold it," he says cheerfully.
It transpires that she doesn't have enough attention left for her body to do facial expressions.
Well that's not as interesting as it could be, but they still hold it for a minute before putting it down.
It takes her significantly longer to pull her thoughts back together, but the facial expression--the look of complete and total elation--comes back much sooner.
"Nentiane Alissiaverene," says Seofar, in a very similar tone of voice, also snuggling her.
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