>>6113474“Save between friends,” you add in a sigh. “I will keep it. You need not to ask twice.” And maybe this is the first step towards a deeper and more foundational friendship that you could have wished for… with someone you are just now starting to understand. And certainly want to keep understanding more. Besides, Salicera is certainly—
“I knew it!” She squeals, clasping you into a bear hug.
“Ohhhff,” you gasp as her powerful arms squeeze you. She sets her face against your neck, and if you did not know it was impossible, you’d swear you felt the wetness of tears dampen your skin.
“Thank you… oh God… I knew it was going to be you… I just knew it… thank you.”
It feels nice to receive such praise, so you can ignore her slip of the tongue (something about God? Does sound a bit like blasphemy, but you want to give her the benefit of the doubt). You react to her embrace when she does leave you enough room to breathe, and with air rushing back to your head, you can start thinking about something else to say.
>“That does not mean I can trust you just as easily as before. You will need to be honest with me from now on. About anything and everything.”>“I’m glad you considered me a friend. I’m just giving back what was given. Now… what do we tell the others? Do you think you can share this secret after the mission? After our Trial of Fire perhaps?”>“Say, about this… how do we deal with Soralisa and Rubida? Because we must tell them, but I want to find a way to ease the reveal… especially for Rubida. We should think about this together during the next few days.”>And also… [Suggestion]are we past the 300 mark replies again? and it's barely been three weeks... though I can say I'm glad. as always, thanks for playing. Oh, and please don't mind the hints that you are tracing Saint Bragia's steps. It's probably nothing. 