"I had been attracted to you before then, intensely so-- but traveling with you, watching you closely-- the way you cast fly as I was hovering downward, the way my heart cried as you went down to Lucien.. I knew." He had known as early even as the Genesis Ward when he realized that Caleb's own well-being was more important than any knowledge that could be obtained.

"It did not need to be romantic, it needed to make me realize that a world without you would he very dark indeed, my firelight." He murmured as he felt those kisses, returned them. A smile crossing over his lips as he closed his eyes, completely content. "And I believe that with this trip to Aeor, we have taken some good memories with it-- it now will be forever romantic to us, yes? This does count as our first date and I will always think of Aeor in the fact it is entwined with you."