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first, he is excited.
he has a promise (maybe one that will be broken).
he has a hope (maybe one that will be shattered).
he has a feeling (maybe one you can someday grasp).
he looks at you softly.
he has looked at you this way thousands of times,
over thousands of years.
(the unfortunate bit is what's coming.
he has said it before.
he has said it again.
and again.
and today, just after your human friends left,
and you were forced into Understanding,
he will say it again.)
he has, as he has in the past, news that he must share before he pops.
and hold that thought!,
because this news is Good.
then, he tells you about the opening.
the opening, which comes after they ran off.
(this is not surprising.)
but then, he tells you about restoration.
he tells you, in no uncertain terms, that you cannot be with him as you are.
he tells you, that toxic place can be like the Old Times.
he tells you, you’re the bad guys.
and then, he said yes.
you tell him about your new Understanding.
you don’t say it right.
you tell him he can’t leave.
nothing lasts forever.
you wish him luck.
and then he says it.
you kiss him, and he says it.
you try to make him Understand, and he says it.
you think he might say something else, but he says it.
it is not a question of deserving it.
it is not a question of if he should have.
it is not a question of if he will come back.
(it is also not a question of if you will.)
it’s just as it is,
as it always has been,
with foreign, unwanted forgiveness.
and it is just as it always will be.