[Of course I'm alive, is something Ion would have said if it hadn't been for the letter that he had received when he had arrived a month before. She must have read it and thought him dead along with the rest of their planet. It made sense. Instead, he simply allows her to pull him into an embrace.
It hurts almost more than it causes his heart to melt. Before he realizes what he's doing, the Fon Master is returning the hug as tightly as he can manage with his weak arms. He can feel tears wanting to burn forward from behind his eyes, but he holds them back. Anyone else probably wouldn't have been able to catch it, but Anise, knowing him so well, can probably hear the slight waver of desperation in his voice as he admits quietly--]
I missed you so much.
[More than Daath, more than home, more than anyone he could ever imagine, though he'd never wish them harm. Lorelei, he didn't want her to be in the Tower. This was the last place he wanted to see her. But with him, by his side...it was the only thing Ion wanted. And he was so thankful.]
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It hurts almost more than it causes his heart to melt. Before he realizes what he's doing, the Fon Master is returning the hug as tightly as he can manage with his weak arms. He can feel tears wanting to burn forward from behind his eyes, but he holds them back. Anyone else probably wouldn't have been able to catch it, but Anise, knowing him so well, can probably hear the slight waver of desperation in his voice as he admits quietly--]
I missed you so much.
[More than Daath, more than home, more than anyone he could ever imagine, though he'd never wish them harm. Lorelei, he didn't want her to be in the Tower. This was the last place he wanted to see her. But with him, by his side...it was the only thing Ion wanted. And he was so thankful.]