( Normally, he might be pleased or overjoyed, if dimmed by the cruelty he has asked of Ish - now, he's simply relieved. And this works its way into his lips, pressing them back lightly where Ish kisses him with full commitment.

It takes him a moment to recognize the price through the kiss, and another as they party, and it weighs heavy in his heart... He accepts this. This challenge he had taken upon himself was about choosing which of his darlings to kill, and... this is just that. Isn't it?

Yoru, Yoru, good bye. )

... I am. It is.

( He noses him again, lips pressing light - smearing light - against Ish's lips, somewhere between bestial and human. )

... It won't be easy. I won't make it easy, being as I am.

( His boundless heart that takes in all loves, no matter how much it may pollute or poison him. Perhaps this ring was like that, to Ish.

But... He nuzzles his cheek. )

... Maybe... the first thing we can do when we're free to just be us... is we can go flying, the way we naturally are. ( Dragon, and snake, ) We can take Junior, too... And we can disappear into the horizon.

And I hope... that will make you happy. That it will make you so, so happy, and... that you can feel free, too.