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[He glances at her with a softer smile.]

A little. If we do everything all at once, then we won't have anything for the other days.

[He puts on some finishing touching, blending the the colors where the rabbit is leaning against the wolf before lowering his hand.]

But the wolf feels similar. He feels he can lower his guard and relax...feel at peace with the rabbit. That's why he also wants to protect her.

[He looks at her more fully now.]

She's his sanctuary...his treasure.

[She can feel his eyes on her, and...

When she opens her mouth, nothing but a soft breath comes out of her because what is she supposed to say to that? How does one find the words to respond to that? And she certainly was never good at expressing them so poetically.

So there's a pause as she continues to stare at the painting, trying to search for something, before she turns to look at him.

And she moves in for a hug, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him close, all that paint be damned.]

He's gonna make her forget all about the rainbow if he's not careful...

[She buries her face into his chest with a smile.]

... But he's her sanctuary, too.

[He knew his words would affect her, but he didn't expect it to be as much as this. So while in many ways he's not surprised by the hug itself, there is some surprise with the emotions behind it that it takes him a moment before the smile returns and his arms go around her, pulling her in closer to him as his chin lightly brushes against the top of her head.]

...I'm glad.

[No need to pretend anymore, and he wants to say this as himself.]

And I'll always be there whenever you need it.

[Her arms tighten around him when she feels the brush of his lips atop her head.]

I know. Me too. Always.

[Silly pretending. But she hopes that he knows that she means every word of it.]

I think this painting portrays all of that perfectly, don't you?

[He does, and he hopes she knows as well. Although he may never really looked like it, he always gave his all in whatever he was loyal to. And though his heart had been guarded for so long... She's the first he's opened it so completely like this. Even more than he has towards Gran and Lyria. So there will be a surge of warmth and slight tightening of his arms, as if to savor the moment before his eyes glance over to the painting next to them.]

Mmm... I think so, but...

[Only now does he step back to pick up the brush again, dipping it in white.]

Could use something else.

[And...although he feels a bit embarrassed about doing this, he's going to step back up to the wall to start dotting the wall a bit to start painting some basic shells beneath the wolf and the rabbit. At first it might seem random, but soon she'll see a curve and a shape starting to form... (it's a heart where the end point is the wolf and the rabbit).]

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[It might seem random, but... to her, it doesn't feel that way. Maybe because she's come to know him quite well in the time that they've spent together that she could see where it was going. Yet as he finishes painting them on the sand, she finds herself surprised anyway when she sees the heart shape. It warms her heart knowing that they have this little symbol of themselves on this random wall on some random shop on Eltrut, and she stares at it for a while, her smile spreading with the warmth in her chest.]

It's perfect.

[Even more so because it was him who put it there... but she won't say that part out loud.]

I think all it's missing is the rainbow?

[It's fortunate how easy he can shake off his initial embarrassment with that bit of pride and satisfaction that comes from seeing her expression.]

Yeah. Think around here.

[Careful to not touch the wall so as not to smear paint, he points out a spot he thinks it would look best.]

Right above the water, yeah?

[She laments the fact that she has to move away so that she can get the rainbow colours ready, but she'll start with the red and orange first.]

Then we can paint the reflection in the water, too.

[He'll have yellow and green ready to go when it's his turn.]

Reflection, huh? Getting a little fancy.

[Teasing of course.]

Is that bad? Not every day we get to paint a mural like this one, might as well go all out.

Not at all.

[He smiles a little more softly.]

I think it would look perfect.

[And in some ways perhaps symbolic. Reflections of their worlds, of themselves, of everything all within this one mural.]

[A lingering smile at him as she dips her brush in the red.]

How do you wanna do this, then? We do one colour each? Or... how about we each start at one end and meet in the middle?

[He contemplates for a moment and then shakes his head.]

Might be better if we do one color... I'm afraid if we try to meet our sides might be more crooked than a proper arc.

[He chuckles a little as he imagines how his might swing higher and hers lower.

...Or...]

Or we could do the same color, with one doing the top rainbow and the other on the reflection. We can start on the same side and meet at the end.

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