"I can think of many fitting words you could put there," she says with a laugh, thinking back to that one time in the clothing store. "What a riot he is. I love it."

Maybe Duplicity really did change him for the better in some ways. There are many facets of him that will never change no matter how many eons pass, but him growing a little more comfortable with intimacy might've been the silver lining to it all.

"And what have you been experimenting with, if I may ask? Anything fun?" Irhya leans into his back and presses her lips against the center of his shoulders, as high as she can reach on tiptoe. "Perhaps I could take a leaf of inspiration or two from him..."