Glacius lays back as Carlisle rests against him, letting his hands drift soothingly up and down the length of the human's long back. "Ha, I suppose so. And we will likely continue to unearth more as we spend our lives together. I'm grateful for what we already have, though; it particularly fortuitous that our energies are so compatible, paving the way with the trust we have forged for such a union. I remember when you were first exploring that, back when this scar was a horrific wound still in need of healing."

The ice alien gestures vaguely to that side of his face with one hand before returning it to the cleric's back and continuing. "We have come a long, long way from there in every regard—but at the same time, you were always careful and caring with me. It's no wonder that we ended up Bonded, or that the union has worked so well despite our difference in species, and I am grateful for that, too.