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They wake up lying on the ground.
Outdoors.
It's a bright, clear day.
Their body feels different.
Who's in front?
Warm, eager curiosity, with a side of playful smirk? Okay feels like it's Sable.
The Pirates wake up in the sky
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how-it's-made
No, no, that's exactly what she is yearning for.
"I... Thanks, Sable."
"...This is nice."
the-void-beneath
Then after a moment she blushes a bit and giggles. "Our old world had a saying that maybe applies, or at least a variant of it, if I can just decide what label we use now. Got any suggestions?"
how-it's-made
"Oh, goodness... Aspiring girlfriends? I don't know what to call what we're doing here any better than you do, I think. Words don't readily exist for - something almost like soulmates, except that the situation is such a disaster that that can't be allowed to predominate. 'Partners' would be right, except for the ways in which it's wrong... But what's the saying you're thinking of?"
the-void-beneath
"Eheh, the original is 'world hard and cold, tiddy soft and warm,' but there's a variant that subs in 'girlfriend soft and warm' or any other coupley label."
how-it's-made
"Well. I suppose we both are soft and warm. And any of our given names fit the scansion, as it happens."