“Because you kinda were.”

Feldspar sits back a little, bringing their hands to Lapis’ cheeks to brush the tears away and give them a fond little pinch, just like they used to do before they disappeared.

“All alone in the universe, I mean. Dying that many times and in what I can imagine were hundreds of different ways…you were an immortal, and all that fucked up stuff just stayed with you. It’s got nowhere else to go, and no one really can understand.

“Am I right?”