... Among our kind, it's common for... similar souls, to be paired together. Souls that would understand each other on a level no others are ever likely to. When the time comes... [He swallows once, eyes closing as a chill ran through him. There was no denying that his relationship with her was different, that he loves her. He just doesn't know what sort of love it is, and then there's the knowledge that somewhere there was a person whom she did care that way for.

And somehow, he couldn't be angry with her for that. Only wish that she would be happy, because it would do nothing to change the level of understanding and acceptance she had given him, the sanctuary they provided one another. She had been happy when he told her that...] Regardless of what relationship forms, that bond the souls share is unbreakable. When the time comes, if they choose to... they would wed.

[That chill wouldn't go away, and breathing... was becoming difficult.]