There was no way for him to describe how he felt at that moment in time, how he felt to know that she wanted him, to know that she would not know what to do without him. How does one convey the feeling of your heart swelling with love, swelling with happiness and joy. If perhaps he was more of a scholarly man and less of a physical man this would be easier. Instead, he merely smiled blinked back the tears that threatened to fall and instead focused on her questions.<br/><br/>“I have spent a lot of it exploring, hunting and trapping. Learning the lay of the land and getting myself familiar with the land,” he explained in a somewhat dismissive manner. To be honest his days had felt empty and boring, without her in it. There was just a certain light missing from it now, or it had been missing until she agreed to it. Now, that light was back in his life and he wondered if he could go back to that life of darkness once again.<br/><br/>“I have been back to our clearing…once, but…” he shrugged. “Just not the same without you…” he finished after a moment. “I do spend a lot of it drawing that helps to past the time of a ranger who has lost the drive to…well wander,” he chuckled.