“No, my love, it is I who must thank you,” Dakas responded telepathically. “After countless migrations, I had lost all hope of finding my soulmate, and then there you were. I was so different and imposed on you under difficult circumstances while your father fought for his life. You could have shut me down, maybe even resented us and our bond. But through all of these hardships, where most would have crumbled, you stood fast for your people, gave our union a chance, and embraced the future that we could have. You are steel and silk all wrapped into one. I only helped save your people. But YOU
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