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[elbows Charon, but like, lightly. you can't move a whole population, Charon]

World-saving stuff has always been on the agenda. Nothing gets fixed overnight, so it'll all take a few years.

[gives him a look like yes I can??? what do you think magic and army-size logistics are for, I move hundreds of thousands of people around all the time]

Changing the world tends to be decisive. But the buildup beforehand and the restoration afterwards are slow.

We gotta make sure we build in vacations.

Traveling to your world is the vacation. Or any world, really. When I'm at home I have to work.

Working vacations…do not count.

What Charon said.

My world would be a real shitty vacation. Lethe'll definitely get shot at any time he opens his mouth to say anything.

Terraforming does sound like a vacation, though! I won't be doing any of the work. I can't make oceans or mountains or anything like that. I'll be relaxing.

And I don't care if anyone tries to shoot at me once I have Eunhye back, but my brother will kill them. So you should ask them to behave in advance or it'll cause problems.

[looks up into the tree branches for a moment, up at the red fruit on them]

Your sisters are not the gun-toting sort. Maybe visiting them can be the vacation.

[ TO LETHE ]

Damn, you're right, how come I never thought of that before . . .

... My sisters are pretty great, though. They'll love you both.

It was just a suggestion.

[it is a perfectly reasonable thing to ask! clearly! and they'd surely listen!]

Honestly, I'm excited to meet them. They seem nice. Usually the people I meet from other worlds have their own agenda, you know? I like being able to talk to people who are just normal.

[soft]

I had been thinking about how to free them from their confinement and programming, as well.

[ Quietly ]

. . . Thank you for wanting to. Both of you.

[gives Minuet's hand a squeeze]

Isn't it normal to want to meet them? They're your family.

Charon's thinking way ahead of me, though. I'm guessing we'd have to get a house set up for them before we let them all out, if that's what they want. It'll take time.

You should ask them what they want to do. There will be many options, I think.

No need for thanks, though. I just…want to help you do right by them? It doesn’t sound like you could have a lot of help with that normally, without magic in the mix.

[ Wry ]

My sisters are the magic. The outside help changes everything.

To decide what they want, though -- well . . . we would probably need to show them what's possible.

They're like you, right? Then whatever they want to do is possible. Between me and Charon I bet we can handle anything they want to do. And you too, of course.

If they need guidance and options to make it easier, we can also certainly do that.

[smiles at them both, a small brief thing]

What else did we wish to tell each other, while we are here…?

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[ He lounges back against the trunk of the tree, a stupid smile on his face ]

You tell me.

Nothing comes to mind for me, either. Something you want to say, Charon?

[thoughtfully]

I could start complimenting both of you while you can’t escape.

[ Aghast ]

Charon.

Is that what you want to use this precious time for? It's fine as long as we get to compliment you back. Maybe this counts as mental fortitude training.

[amused at both of them]

I’m hearing mixed messages.

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