"I've been thinking about whether I want to, and the answer is that I want you to be who you are, which means I want you to keep loving your warriors the way you do..." She paused. "But I need you to tell me that..."
"I won't become just another warrior... or just another bond level on a list."
"Come on now... that's impossible," he said, and he really meant it. "Glacielle... you're one of a kind for me only."
"The bond we have is unlike any other. And of course, that's not me trying to act all nice, but the system probably told you the same thing."
He gives her head a pat. "Soulbound means exactly that."
"Mm..." She got closer to him. "Promise me."
"Of course! I'll promise on my second life," he said. "And even with everything, I am."
They kissed quietly and without a rush, and they didn't need anyone else to see it.
