"Now you're giving some other alien credit for our union?" Glacius snorts, pulling back to headbutt Carlisle again. It's not forceful enough to actually hurt his partner, but it's definitely more than his gentle bunts or nudges—rather like a light, sort of joking rebuke. "We are together because we care for one another, and we always have. Maybe saying we are destined is a bit too dramatic for you," though Glacius can't help but privately feel as though it fits, "But I think we would have gravitated towards each other one way or another. We need each other, after all."