[it's so very like him, caring so deeply for them so immediately. Olivine is just glad to have him back, glad that it doesn't seem to have been too difficult for him, given everything.

but as Eiden cups his face, the priest isn't thinking about any of that, shifting to do the same and brushing his thumb along the other's cheek.]

Only because I know you, hehe. [his smile turns softer then, eyes closing for a moment.] I was really glad that so many people cared about me to realise something was odd, truthfully. And that I knew how you would worry if I gave in so easily.