Before the man had even finishes speaking, Fai had half-turned towards the bars. Not there? Not there?! How could he be anywhere else, unless he had... unless there were...
Fai stared. This person-- this man, grown full into his height and power, as slim and bright as a sword, power like sunlight-through-ice, was Yuui? It was impossible, beyond even magic to conjure such a thing, but the longer he looked, the more it seemed true. There, his hair was just the same, that helpless fly-away that wouldn't stay tame, no matter how you tied it. The careless hands, the smile...
It was that last that convinced him. You could weave a glamour to find the right shade of blue for his eyes, the correct shape of young bones grown up, (and up and up!) but no one else had seen that smile. Their happiness had been a private thing, an oasis, walled 'round with misery.
"...Yuui?" Fai took a step on bare feet, over ice and stone, towards him, dragging the cloak along like a peacock's tail. No. Yes-- no, it had to be real! "Is this real?"
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Fai stared. This person-- this man, grown full into his height and power, as slim and bright as a sword, power like sunlight-through-ice, was Yuui? It was impossible, beyond even magic to conjure such a thing, but the longer he looked, the more it seemed true. There, his hair was just the same, that helpless fly-away that wouldn't stay tame, no matter how you tied it. The careless hands, the smile...
It was that last that convinced him. You could weave a glamour to find the right shade of blue for his eyes, the correct shape of young bones grown up, (and up and up!) but no one else had seen that smile. Their happiness had been a private thing, an oasis, walled 'round with misery.
"...Yuui?" Fai took a step on bare feet, over ice and stone, towards him, dragging the cloak along like a peacock's tail. No. Yes-- no, it had to be real! "Is this real?"