Guards are the same. Even more so...a Captain or a General.

[ His voice is distant, in another life time. He'd given everything to become those roles. Time, sweat, tears. His entire life.

Maybe he should miss it more.

He cradles Olivine more closely to him, pressing another kiss to his hair. ]

I didn't know how to talk about what we did, the last time you tried. I...didn't understand yet. I was worried I had done something wrong, and I was embarrassed too. But I wouldn't change it either. I think, now, I would have an easier time enjoying it more thoroughly.

[ The conversation Olivine had wanted the last time, he realized. But it was the truth. He hadn't been ready. ]