When Caleb was feeling fond, it lit him up, ignited him brighter than any sun. Essek fell more and more in love with him every time he did, and even now, he couldn’t help himself feel himself grow more and more wrapped up in adoration.

“I don’t know if I would say ‘choice’,” he reminded him. “That implies an abundant of free will that this place is hardly known for.”

But that hadn’t stopped Essek and Caleb from finding one another. He wasn’t sure there was anything that could, and he preferred it that way.

“So then, what else would like my husband like to tell me? Do you have any ideas you would like to try?”