( petrana reaches for julius's hand, for several reasons not limited to the weight of his words and the prevention of any further pacing. she presses a kiss to his knuckles, briefly, saying, )

I would like to build something new with the two of you, if that is something we would all be pleased by. It was something I hadn't considered until I saw you together in that dream, and how content you were—how well-suited.

( her smile is small, but assured. )

A great deal else happened that, of course, is—

This, I could not leave unaddressed.