Bryony thought on his question more after they adjusted themselves. He kissed across her body and she found herself happy but it had been that distant look in his eyes that made her fearful for but a moment. She kissed him back and snuggled into him. “To answer what you asked the first time…” She thought on it and it took her a while as she squirmed uncomfortably.

“The two of us cannot see her sister Kirika. We had ripped her from Cyprus’s arms after birth and helped raise her with the Matron Mother. We raised her to be the replacement for Cyprus one day. It took a lot to make sure the girl made it to puberty since her mother was constantly trying to kill her. I’m not even sure if all of her siblings know she exists.” Bryony gave him a sad smile as she kissed his cheek. “As for you… I think the spirits sensed Eldora’s vision and cut me off. You hold the key of your destiny in your own hands.” She reached one of his hands and held it.

Her fingers traced the inside of his palm delicately, “You are the master of your fate string. I got a strong vibe from you and that influences a lot of what I see. You helped my Kalyani as well which made me more willing to help you.” She struggled for the next words. “I see… trouble though in your future. It was foggy but it was trouble. Nothing but a gypsy vision and honestly I’m not anymore sure then that. However, what I said about your choices, I meant it. Not just because of everything that has happened but because you are strong.”

She relaxed a bit more and his hand in her’s. “As for the girl.. I would love to see her. It’s so unfair you’ve seen her twice. I bet she was beautiful in every way.” She too did not want their future based on hope but rather them forging it. Watching Angela the past few months with Drae made her more sure she could do it with Sebastian. “I use to be quiet as a child too but mostly because I did not understand what I was.”

A chuckle left her lips as she laid her head by his. “I’m just happy right now. Content. It’s been a long time for me since I could say that. For me time passes by in a blink of an eye. One day… Two.. A year. A thousand years.” She took a sigh. “It feels like life is finally slowing down for me but in a good way.” She let her ocean eyes watch his autumn ones as she kissed his cheek. “We just have to decide our own path now… We have the middle but what about now and the end?”

"Ha!" Sebastian huffed in a jovial, but gruff manner, throwing his head back. "I believe you give me too much credit, darling," he commented in response to Bryony's interpretation of him. "I'm not the master of anything. I hold no keys to any fate. My life has been a series of locked doors, and I've been pulled into one or another with no rhyme or reason. None of that matters to us though, really. You've opened a door to me, and I have no intention of stumbling into any other. Let's lock it and throw away the key."

He grinned when Bry commented on the visions of their child, and of her own tendency to be introverted at one time. "It's always the quiet ones that are trouble," he teased. He kissed her lips after she had kissed his cheek again, and he thought on the last thing she said. He pulled away and turned, and pushing himself up out of the water lazily. "I can definitely say the same. I have not felt like this in a long time."
He paused, considering her as he paced around the spring. "A long time for me, at least," he added, as he sat cross-legged by the water's edge.
"We've a happy start. My end will come a lot sooner than yours though, I should think. I hope you're sure that this is what you want. I can see myself being a grumpy and demanding cuss in my latter years."

Sensing the unease he probably caused with the doubt in those words, Sebastian quickly changed the subject.
"My poor jacket…I may end up needing a replacement for it after all. I might have made the tear worse when I swept in today. Now there's blood that will probably never come out. Angela seems happy to oblige when it comes to such favors. On that note…"
He rose and stretched, offering Bryony his hand to pull her up from the spring. "We had best had back to the temple before long. I don't think the orcs will be so bold as to pick through our abandoned things in our absence, but I do need to prepare to head out in the next day or so. Do you remember where on the island you arrived at? The portal you took will likely be a shorter walk than the one Angela made for me."