A light chuckle of agreeance tickled him.
“He is rather stupid. We can do that.”
Jealousy and annoyance flared in his stomach, disliking that Reia cared so much for the antler-horned Mavka, but he tried not to show it. Orpheus was just being, as Reia called him, selfish and possessive.
She accepts me. She liked him how he was, and that made him feel loved and wanted.
“Good. I want to do that, then.” She continued to kick her legs while she seemed to think for a long while. “You aren’t taking me home straight away. Does that mean you trust me to be on the surface with you? That I’ll be safe?”
“Yes,” he answered without hesitation.
The fact she was now a Phantom eased him. She wouldn’t be killed easily, and even if she was, she’d return to him. He also trusted that she wouldn’t try to abandon him. She was his, and she wanted to be.
“So, you’ll take me travelling one day so I can see the world?”
“If that is what you want.”
As long as she was with him, he’d take her anywhere she wanted to go.
“What will happen to our home if we don’t go back to it?”
“Once the protections fade, the Demons will attempt to inhabit it. They will probably partially destroy it if we are gone for too long.”
He was actually a little saddened by the idea that their home could be damaged while they were gone. But, if this was something Reia wanted, he would accept it and repair it when they returned once they started travelling – whenever she decided she wanted to.
“You said that the protection spell that you placed for my village when you took me only lasts for ten years, and can’t be redone during that time at all.”
“Yes, that is correct.”
He probably would have tried to take a new offering as soon as the one he’d taken had died if that weren’t the case.
Instead, he’d spend a decade by himself, waiting for it to fade so he could bargain for a life that might stay with him once more. He lifted his snout and licked the jaw of the one he’d found, and was very happy with.
“In that case, I’ll wait until then so that you can place it around our home instead to protect it while we’re gone.” She knew I wouldn’t be placing another for the humans since I have her. “Ten years isn’t that long if we have eternity together.”
Orpheus’ vision turned a bright yellow. He loved her idea, and he was pleased that she wanted to protect the home in which they shared. The one they had memories in, the one she had begun to decorate for herself, and brought him great enjoyment in seeing her do so. He hadn’t wanted to lose any of it, and she was willing to wait for something she wanted in order to preserve it.
She is perfect, mind, heart, body, and soul. Reia is perfect for me.