[ ... Angelo has been lonely. If they were still connected the way they always used to be, it would have taken Frontal much less time to understand as much. Of course, he can think to himself now. Of course he was lonely. Angelo whose adoration always surrounds him like a halo, once more alone among strangers... It's not just that he feels he needs to reassure Frontal that he's loyal to him regardless of the changes, no... Angelo is asking for reassurance as well, isn't he? That Frontal, no matter how dire their situation, is still going to be his rock to hold onto. The vulnerability in this unfortunate reunion goes both ways. Frontal should have understood sooner.
No longer satisfied with merely looking at his lieutenant, he makes his way over to the bed and takes a seat next to him. ]
You are no longer alone.
[ It feels strange to say out loud what he would normally convey through nothing but an abstract feeling, a gentle nudge of the mind. ]
I will not let you be buried anywhere but among the stars we both belong to.
[ Now more than ever, it feels important to curb Angelo's self-sacrificial instincts. He is the only resource Frontal has in this world and unless things go horrifyingly wrong, this is not a place in which he will need to be sacrificed. Not here, not in a world neither of them care about. ]
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No longer satisfied with merely looking at his lieutenant, he makes his way over to the bed and takes a seat next to him. ]
You are no longer alone.
[ It feels strange to say out loud what he would normally convey through nothing but an abstract feeling, a gentle nudge of the mind. ]
I will not let you be buried anywhere but among the stars we both belong to.
[ Now more than ever, it feels important to curb Angelo's self-sacrificial instincts. He is the only resource Frontal has in this world and unless things go horrifyingly wrong, this is not a place in which he will need to be sacrificed. Not here, not in a world neither of them care about. ]