Shalar didn't see the need to speak, but decided to nod instead. You could never predict the future... could never figure out what was going to happen before it did. He almost felt like laughing... as if on some level he could have predicted this.

After a moment he noticed that her lights started to dance and drift around them, only to be joined moments later by his glowing fluttering butterflies. The blue and the gold wieved together in perfect harmony, the little flashes of light making everything seem so much more magical.

And... for the first time since forever, Shalar felt.... whole.