<div style="text-align: justify;">Melinda nodded quietly when Dalindme said it wouldn't be long. She believed him, simple as that. Melinda knew that her pain was his pain, and that he would end it soon. With a smile, the girl noticed that he was speaking with more ease than before. That made her happy to know that soon they would have little to no problems communicating.<br/><br/>Not that they would really need words to understand each other. Things seemed a lot simpler than Melinda would have suspected. A glance, an intonation, a touch, all of these little things were clear as they learned to know each other better and better. <br/><br/>When Dalindme nestled her up against him, Melinda smiled and relaxed, letting the warm and happy memories come back to her. There was a little grain of sorrow in those memories, as Melinda knew she would never see her parents again. But it was a sweet and somewhat comforting kind of sorrow. And there was also the fact that the young woman wanted Dalindme to experience all the lovely moments she had lived, with as much clarity as she could bring them to him. Without knowing it, Melinda was also teaching Dalindme to feel like a human did. <br/><br/>She could never have imagined that he didn't know how humans felt, or how it was to have this bond with their fellow creatures. All thoughts went away from Melinda's mind with those three words Dalindme had said. He needed her. She could understand that, as she needed him too. Now that they had come together, Melinda could feel that they would never be apart again. <br/><br/>When Dalindme said her parents were beautiful, Melinda smiled sadly and nodded. She didn't really know what to say, and so she said nothing. The way Dalindme brushed her lips along her cheek made Melinda smile. That was something else that she could teach him to do and how to name, as well. With her usual gentleness, Melinda got closer to Dalindme's face. She planted a soft and gentle kiss on his cheek and smiled one more time. "Kiss", she murmured gently.</div>