[Whatever he expected, it wasn't the kiss, so she actually catches him by surprise. However, it's brief, and his own hunger for her taste quickly meets with hers, pushing back just a bit as it's always difficult to pull back. But this time, there is a bit of clingyness that that makes him linger, one that he doesn't really quite fully realize. All he does feel is that he just doesn't want to part with her just yet. That her presence is helping push away the lingering sadness and loneliness that is not leaving as quickly as he would like.
But he does part, he does pull back with a smile that has a hint of his usual playfulness.]
Don't keep me waiting long.
[Really, now that he's more "sober," he finds himself a bit pathetic being like this. It's not something he should be dwelling on or letting himself be caught up on it. But despite all his experience, his reasoning, his acknowledgment, and not only knowing that he really will be able to jump back to it within the next day or so but that Mid herself would ragging on him for being this way, at the end of the day Cid is human. And he is a father who regrets not knowing if he will ever see his daughter again without once again giving a proper goodbye, left behind to process the changes and all the things he missed out and will continue to miss out.
A thought that also makes him look at Benedikta a little differently as well. Not that he wouldn't miss the others, but Mid and Benedikta are the ones he's closest to with more personal history. So to be reminded once again that either of them could disappear at any moment...
Well, it makes a man think. Think a lot and reassess things.]
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But he does part, he does pull back with a smile that has a hint of his usual playfulness.]
Don't keep me waiting long.
[Really, now that he's more "sober," he finds himself a bit pathetic being like this. It's not something he should be dwelling on or letting himself be caught up on it. But despite all his experience, his reasoning, his acknowledgment, and not only knowing that he really will be able to jump back to it within the next day or so but that Mid herself would ragging on him for being this way, at the end of the day Cid is human. And he is a father who regrets not knowing if he will ever see his daughter again without once again giving a proper goodbye, left behind to process the changes and all the things he missed out and will continue to miss out.
A thought that also makes him look at Benedikta a little differently as well. Not that he wouldn't miss the others, but Mid and Benedikta are the ones he's closest to with more personal history. So to be reminded once again that either of them could disappear at any moment...
Well, it makes a man think. Think a lot and reassess things.]