[ The revelation explained a lot and Kai winced from the truth of it. No wonder his new husband panicked about the bond between them. He must have been sad as well to realise he had moved on.
Losing someone always hurt. ]
Well, if it helps a selkie bond is really ancient and will make both of us stronger! We can't be ended unless all the water on earth dries up. Whoever hurt you before...can't now if you accept the bond.
[ wait, that changes things. not that neve is suddenly going to be okay with being married to a stranger and being stuck to him for the rest of his life (he'll have multiple crisis over this eventually), but... if he's not putting his life in danger completely, it's different. ]
You can't die?
[ he can still get hurt, though, so it's not a fix all.
[ The shift in attitude seemed almost night and day, which he should have probably focused on more but the happiness overtook any common sense. Being pushed aside hurt him, okay! So getting almost accepted meant everything to him.
Nodding his head, he offered a shy smile. ]
Nope, neither of us can die. You'll have the water fill you soon. I mean from the selkie bond. I can teach you how to use it.
he's relieved to learn kai can't die, but this news about selkie water magic or whatever it is kai is referencing... he can't really wrap his mind around it. ]
Water? Like your magic?
[ what will kai get of his, then? and why is he bound to share it, when his is so precious to him? he doesn't know what to feel about it, but for now his panic is lessened knowing kai can't be killed by the queen. ]
Yes, water magic as in selkie magic. We'll be bonded together through a water link. Anything you feel, I'll feel. We can communicate without speaking to one another and you'll earn some magic powers.
[ he paused, working a hard through his hair with a slight frown. ] I'm not - entirely sure how it will work since you-re not of the water. As far as I know no one of my kind has ever bonded outside of the sea. Well, and beyond mortals. They end up capturing my kind a lot.
[ the thought is more than terrifying. there's so much in there he's never shared. he can't bear the thought of someone he barely knows having access to his thoughts, his feelings. he wonders if kai will have access to his memories.
his chest hurts. those are his. his memories of henry, of the fae, they're his. ]
[ it did not take a bond or connection of any kind to see how upset neve had become. but over what exactly? just the mind connection or did it go deeper than that?
so many questions, so few answers. ]
I would only hear what you wanted me to feel. The - uh - emotions part can be blocked if it really bothers you that much. I won't - wouldn't have access to your memories or your mind as a whole. Just what you sent to me.
[ his eyes followed the movements, trying to puzzle them all out because of how much of a mystery neve remained. would he ever really work anything out? it seemed unlikely with how closed of the other one seemed.
something really terrible must have happened to him in the past. perhaps, a lot of terrible things. ]
Do you....not like sharing anything? That might be kind of important to know....and with what you'll be feeling....
[ his grief has been his own for so long. he doesn't even know how to talk about it, let alone how to let himself think of it as something that is anyone else's business to know.
it's been his, all along, the one thing tying him to henry. ]
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Losing someone always hurt. ]
Well, if it helps a selkie bond is really ancient and will make both of us stronger! We can't be ended unless all the water on earth dries up. Whoever hurt you before...can't now if you accept the bond.
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[ wait, that changes things. not that neve is suddenly going to be okay with being married to a stranger and being stuck to him for the rest of his life (he'll have multiple crisis over this eventually), but... if he's not putting his life in danger completely, it's different. ]
You can't die?
[ he can still get hurt, though, so it's not a fix all.
but it helps.
so much. ]
You won't... she won't be able to kill you?
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Nodding his head, he offered a shy smile. ]
Nope, neither of us can die. You'll have the water fill you soon. I mean from the selkie bond. I can teach you how to use it.
[ A pause. ]
I'm not sure what I'll get from you.
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he's relieved to learn kai can't die, but this news about selkie water magic or whatever it is kai is referencing... he can't really wrap his mind around it. ]
Water? Like your magic?
[ what will kai get of his, then? and why is he bound to share it, when his is so precious to him? he doesn't know what to feel about it, but for now his panic is lessened knowing kai can't be killed by the queen. ]
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[ he paused, working a hard through his hair with a slight frown. ] I'm not - entirely sure how it will work since you-re not of the water. As far as I know no one of my kind has ever bonded outside of the sea. Well, and beyond mortals. They end up capturing my kind a lot.
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[ the thought is more than terrifying. there's so much in there he's never shared. he can't bear the thought of someone he barely knows having access to his thoughts, his feelings. he wonders if kai will have access to his memories.
his chest hurts. those are his. his memories of henry, of the fae, they're his. ]
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so many questions, so few answers. ]
I would only hear what you wanted me to feel. The - uh - emotions part can be blocked if it really bothers you that much. I won't - wouldn't have access to your memories or your mind as a whole. Just what you sent to me.
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Okay.
[ his eyes avoid kai's, unsure, but wanting to explain himself somewhat. ]
It's not you. You're not — you're not my problem with this. [ kai seems nice enough. and it isn't his fault. ]
I just... I've been alone. For a long time. I'm not — I don't like sharing.
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something really terrible must have happened to him in the past. perhaps, a lot of terrible things. ]
Do you....not like sharing anything? That might be kind of important to know....and with what you'll be feeling....
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[ his grief has been his own for so long. he doesn't even know how to talk about it, let alone how to let himself think of it as something that is anyone else's business to know.
it's been his, all along, the one thing tying him to henry. ]