"It's not pessimism when it's been the norm your entire life, every life... It's always the same Amere." He kissed her forehead softly and sighed. "You only say that because you aren't in either of our shoes. Two adults can very easily hate the other but still force them selves to get along for their child's sake, I can't make things with Elune work no matter how hard I try so all that's left is to just assume she hates me and stop trying. I don't need to speak to her to pick up Relene for a day so it doesn't matter."<br/><br/><span style="color: DarkGreen">"I'd enjoy watching you get paddled far more than either of them, not to mention the trauma Kuro would suffer from me seeing that." </span>He took her arm and helped her down the stairs with a smile.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>