He grins. He kisses her forehead. "Mm. I love you. I might extend the island today, then."

Snuggle. "Is it going to be interesting to watch?"

"Depends how interested you are in lots of rock moving around, I guess."

"Hm. Not sure."

"I could go do it right after sunrise and if it's boring you could go home."

"Sounds good to me!"

Snuggle. Kiss.

Mm yes those things definitely.

And then he can curl up with his head in her lap and they can watch the sunrise together.

Yes. Good. Perfect. She practically radiates happiness.

It's so good. She's so good.

And eventually the sunrise ends and she slides out from under him and bounces to her feet.

He stands and scoops her up and kisses her and puts her down again and walks north to where the park ends in a short open stair that climbs up to a stone-paved path with just as good a view. He steps out onto the rough stone beside the stairs, and beneath his feet the ground begins to ripple and stretch; he walks forward, keeping pace with its slow expansion.

Ooh, that is pretty impressive.

He definitely seems to be having fun.

She leans against the nearest convenient leanable object and watches.

The stairs move aside to make room for a new path at their feet, leading out onto the shifting stone. Slowly, a new neighbourhood takes shape. It starts out with just the foundations, the space for houses and storefronts and fountains and parks without the things themselves; then grass starts to grow in places where grass goes, and after that shrubs, and subsequently trees. Solekaran, standing on the far edge of the new section, is hidden from view at that point.

It's pretty, but it's slow. She eventually gets bored and goes home.

Apparently she mentioned what was going on, because Alemar shows up a while later.

By this point he's started growing buildings. They rise up out of the ground, a handful at a time, solid stone flowing like water. Some sections he leaves empty, because there's always somebody who'd rather build their own; but even counting those out, there's still plenty of room to play.

It's a couple of minutes before he finishes the set he was working on and glances back at the island. "Hi."

"Hi."

"Do you have an opinion either way about having a house right on the edge?"

He tilts his head, considering this.

"I don't," he says finally, "but Elcisse would love it."

"Edge it is, then."

"Thanks," he says, still studying him.

"Yes?"