In order to see someone he loved lying unconscious and barely breathing must have left a scar that ran deep.
Maybe that was why Somnus didn't want him to get involved with the fate of this world anymore.
He wanted to protect him from danger, from pain, from anything that might take him away again.
But still… as guilty as Li Shen felt, there were things he couldn't just give up.
"I want to know about this world because I love you, Somnus," he said softly. "We're finally happy. I don't want everything to disappear just like that."
The arms around him twitched slightly in response, tightening just a little.
"And besides," Li Shen continued, his voice gentle almost teasing, "I can't do anything on my own right now anyway. But with you… if it's the two of us, maybe we could even handle something as big as saving the world."
"…The two of us," Somnus repeated under his breath while holding Li Shen close against his chest like he was something precious.
