[ It's fitting, he thinks; even if it might not have been exactly the companionship that Odile was looking for, she still isn't going back alone, instead with two companions who can still make her and each other happy. What would the Odile of a few weeks back say if she saw herself now? He's been asking himself a similar question often enough.

Perhaps a profitless exercise, but it's still fascinating, how their various paths weave and turn and head somewhere new. ]

Considering we'll be heading back to topple an unjust regime, I'd say Nico and I may be in need of some peace before long. I'm not one to remain idle, but this little jaunt may have just convinced me of the merits of vacations.

[ Seeing as it changed his entire life. ]