“My lack of arm has nothing to do with feeling whole. A metal device or not, I was never whole before you. You were the first person to look at me and see a man after my injury. Not a mistake, not a failure. You were the one to see me. My kalon, if you wished me to shed my skin, I would. If the arm makes you uncomfortable, then I will drop it into the deepest pits of the sea.” “That’s not what I want,” she said with a watery laugh. “I don’t want you to not be whole again because of me.” “I am only whole because of you.” He pressed his lips to hers, the long kiss tasting of salty tears and
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