“You’ve been together long?” Aurelius asked. Fitzroy’s hand gripped Cliopher’s shoulder tightly for a moment. “Yes,” Fitzroy said, his voice warm, clear, strong as the brilliant waters of Sky Ocean. “Half our lives.” He turned his head and smiled at Cliopher, who could only regard him silently, his heart open as the proverbial clam on the beach.
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