Dimensional Descent

Leonel fell into silence, his palm flipping to return the bow to the Segmented Cube. He didn't quite have an answer, he never really thought about it.

Even when he was with Aina, he never really thought about what their future together would look like. He didn't think about marriage, he didn't think about kids or grandkids, he never really imagined them growing old together either.

It was odd that he never did. A man like him who was logical to a fault should have been thinking about those things. And, at the very least, he should have talked to Aina about it at some point. But, he never brought it up.

"Do you want kids?"

Aina, who had been staring intently at Leonel, was suddenly caught completely off guard by the question. She was baffled in one moment before she went entirely red.

"What are you talking about all of a sudden?!"

Seeing her reaction, Leonel laughed, all his worries seeming to float away. She could be quite bold sometimes, but she could also be adorably embarrassed just as easily. The ebbs and the flows of this were quite peaceful and relaxing. Maybe there was nothing wrong with some forms of boredom.

"No, really," Leonel said after he finally stopped laughing. "Do you?"

Aina's eyes darted around. She couldn't believe Leonel had really chosen this kind of situation to ask this question. But, seeing that the answer was important to him, she bit her lip and nodded.

"How many?" Leonel pressed.

Aina was exasperated. What was wrong with this man all of a sudden?!

"… Ten…"

"Huh?" Leonel leaned in.

about? As confusing as he was, this woman was even more confusing. She didn't even blink an eye when they got caught making out in the middle

snapped, her voice

"Does that mean you want more

there a problem? I'm

more important to Aina than he knew, to think that he hadn't even thought to ask before. She even seemed a bit defensive about it, as though she was afraid that

those cruel words he had spoken that day on Planet Montex. He could even feel the anxiety within her as she waited for him to

felt that he should have been able to guess this long

and anxious over her experience with the Puppet Master back when her psyche still wasn't completely whole. But, for that to bleed

Well, both them wanted to use her

was so enraged went beyond them just crossing boundaries any woman would have

you so worried about? Like you said, you're doing most of the work anyway. How about

into

He didn't really care one way

relief before she

away and began to walk to

me? If we don't start now, how are we

couldn't see as she continued to walk away. The relief in her eyes

the green Runed egg had been, waiting for Leonel to put it down so that they could go. She knew Leonel well enough to know that he no longer had

"No need to take it too seriously. Getting out

raised

"Really."