"That sounds perfect," she says, with a warm smile, that's almost a little too sincere, something desperately trying to convey her affection for him. She fears her news might uproot a relationship that's been a constant over thousands of years; because how can an immortal man ever consider having a child, something that would pass in a blink of an eye, the pain of a life so fleeting compared to his own. She fears bringing that to him, and fears him rejecting it to protect himself.
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