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INVENTORY · His canon clothing. · His canon sword, The Burning Thorn. · His half of The Founder's Grasp, a pair of bracelets of which Clive possesses the twin.     NOTE: Ydalir has enchanted this bracelet, allowing Joshua to assume the form of a small,     cockatiel-sized Phoenix. · His copy of the Journal of Moss. · A photographed family portrait of his own family, in fine (but not royal) clothing and     appearing happy. · A stock of medicine for his coughing, supplied by Pure Vanilla Cookie. · An ear cuff, custom made by Sesa and gifted to him by Dion.     NOTE: Ydalir has enchanted this ear cuff, allowing Joshua to create a small ball of light     similar to Dion's that fires three quick laser blasts before disappearing. · A small stolas, requested from home. Her name is Willowisp, and she coos a lot and     accepts snacks.     NOTE: Pure Vanilla Cookie has now linked her as Joshua's familiar.

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And I you.

[He speaks, as he so often does around Joshua, without so much as thinking. It's yet another blessing when it comes to the man before him. Dion doesn't need to navigate any kind of mind games or manipulation. Joshua is genuine, and if his cards are ever kept close to his chest, it's only ever been done out of necessity.

Still, he could afford to elaborate just a little.]

The Enterprise was fast, and Telamon a skilled navigator. But every second at sea, I feared for your well being. To see you hale and whole was a relief I cannot explain.

[He lifts his mug up, draining another sip from it as he closes his eyes. He thinks back to that day, to that first embrace. Was that when he fell? Or was it far sooner?]

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[ Joshua laughs softly to that, leaning ever so gently against Dion's arm. It takes an incredible amount of restraint to keep from tipping his head aside, as well, but he manages. They both have tea. That should be their focus, not physical proximity.

But still, he will allow himself this. ]

Without your aid, we may not have made it out alive. I cannot thank you enough. Even if you say it was a debt to be repaid...

[ How much of it was truly a debt, he wonders? Would Dion still have come had he not considered it as such? He taps his fingers against his mug. ]

I am glad that you came. And I am glad that you are here with us now, despite wishing that no one would be trapped in this situation.

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[Dion's brow draws together. The thought of their survival had gnawed at Dion's mind, yes. But just as he had feared, he had also been confident. He had seen Ifrit and the Phoenix surmount much in the short time he had known them. Surely they would have found a way to overcome the onslaught without their arrival.

Or... perhaps not. Joshua, at least, had eventually fallen. Perhaps his intervention had ultimately delayed the inevitable?

It's not exactly a comforting thought, though. And so Dion pushes it away in favor of moving along. Anything to avoid the chill that works its way up his spine. He hates to fathom a world without Joshua.]

Here is far better than the alternative. [You know, dead.] Here is another chance to live on, and to fight for a future that we may yet see.

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[ Joshua's death was inevitable. If Ultima didn't get him, the curse certainly would have. But that day, in Stonhyrr, they had been in a bind. His own body was already in the process of failing, and - at least, as they assumed at the time - Clive would not have had the strength to shatter the mothercrystal had he primed to deal with the flood of Akashic. The arrival of the Enterprise had been a blessing, in multiple ways.

But, that is neither here nor there. Dion has not voiced doubts about it, so he will not voice his thoughts on the matter. ]

Indeed. And we will certainly fight, won't we?

[ He lifts his mug, a gentle smile on his lips. ]

To new beginnings and fresh starts, then?

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Indeed.

[He lifts his mug up in kind, clinking the rims together. And if he adjusts his hand just so, and their hands brush for the briefest of moments, then it will be their little secret. All of these shared moments can be secrets, if they wanted. Neither of them were scions any longer, the gaze of nations didn't fall upon them.]

To our new beginning. [Dion amends. He takes a sip of his tea, smiling into it even as he does. The earlier fear, the hollow that had formed upon thinking about Joshua's passing, all fades away. They have now to treasure, after all.]

And to whatever we wish to do with it.

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[ If they do, Joshua certainly isn't bothered by it. In fact, he barely even reacts, outside of a very soft, very fond exhale and a subtle twitch of his fingers, as though seeking more of the touch.

But, later. For now, they have this. He smiles as the clink of the rims still echoes in his ears, pulling his own mug to his lips to entirely fail to mask how shy his own smile grows. This... is nice, he thinks. He can easily get used to this every day for the rest of his life, if fate sees fit to allow him to have it.

And, if not. Well. He has a history of fighting fates, after all. ]

Indeed. To our new beginning.

[ For all of them. But also, for the both of them. ]