He smiled at her response, tasting the words against her mouth. Always had an answer, Reinette did. There wasn't any other way he'd want her, he decided. Herself.

He looked up at her and traced a hand down her form. Reinette. The reason for being trapped and the reason he was still alive, all in one neat, rather lovely package. There were days he wanted to blame her for his being trapped, but they were fewer and farther between as they stayed together, and she continued to save him in return.

He lifted himself up to embrace her again, and pressed a kiss to the skin above her heart.