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.

had spoken so softly that he couldn't hear exactly what she was saying. Was this really something to be so embarrassed about? As confusing as he was, this woman was even more confusing. She didn't

ten, alright?!" Aina snapped, her voice practically blowing Leonel's

"Does that mean you want more than

on her hips. "Is there a problem? I'm doing

more important to Aina than he knew, to think that he hadn't even thought to ask before. She even seemed a bit defensive

really hurt Aina, maybe even more so than 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

completely whole. But, for that to bleed over into her rage for

both them wanted to use her as some sort of sow to pump

woman would have up,

Like you said, you're

spread into a

He didn't

relief before she rolled her eyes. "I'm

and began to

you ignore me? If we don't start now, how are we supposed to get to

Leonel couldn't see as she continued to walk away. The

green Runed egg had been, waiting for Leonel to put it down so

think of a few ways," Leonel spoke as he took out the box once again. "No need to take it too seriously. Getting out of

Aina raised

"Really."