[ Although all that stayed with Ori when she awoke was a fleeting feeling of having had the most wonderful, happy dream, as she lays there with him, she wants to believe— no, she knows that in the absence of memories of Diluc and Thoma, she still carried their love, their encouragement, their support with her in her heart. Perhaps it was that which pushed her to survive, to fight with all of her power in the face of despair. They were, are her hope, and she knows it.
When she breaks their kiss for air, she smiles sweetly at him as her hand comes up to gently wipe tears away from his cheek. She won't tell him not to cry when she knows it's out of happiness, though seeing him makes her eyes well up with joyous tears, too. ]
There’s nowhere else I would rather be, in this realm or any other.
[ She kisses him one more time before she simply settles in against him, similarly happy to stay like this for as long as they can. The only way this homecoming could be any more perfect would be their moonlight, but she knows by now that he’s likely doing Important Diluc Things, and she’s not in a hurry to disrupt his daily activities. They have all the time in the world now, after all. ]
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When she breaks their kiss for air, she smiles sweetly at him as her hand comes up to gently wipe tears away from his cheek. She won't tell him not to cry when she knows it's out of happiness, though seeing him makes her eyes well up with joyous tears, too. ]
There’s nowhere else I would rather be, in this realm or any other.
[ She kisses him one more time before she simply settles in against him, similarly happy to stay like this for as long as they can. The only way this homecoming could be any more perfect would be their moonlight, but she knows by now that he’s likely doing Important Diluc Things, and she’s not in a hurry to disrupt his daily activities. They have all the time in the world now, after all. ]