["Forever" isn't as far out of reach as Mio might think. After all, don't they know a few people for which eternity is the norm? People who live more than ten terms, more than twenty, more than a hundred. People who hold fate in their hands.

Their friends will come to hate him for his betrayal, surely, but so be it. She deserves that eternity. Only Mio's forgiveness matters.]

My feelings won't ever change. [HM,] So if this is what it takes to return to where we belong, we'll do it. No matter the cost.