May smiles warmly. "Sounds like it went well. Doctor May prescribes respawning as soon as you're ready and getting snuggled by your girlfriend, then."

"I am one hundred percent on board with this treatment plan."

"Well, it was good meeting you, Hyacinth. Say hi to the Pirates for me."

And blackness starts creeping steadily in around the edges of Sin's vision.

She awakens atop a mist-covered altar in a darkened room. The walls and ceiling seem to be natural stone, rough-hewn; but beneath her feet there's a curving pattern of fox tails cut into the stone, that shimmers with cerulean light. 

The cavern narrows at one end to a small flight of steps, which ascend to a door above her.

She gathers herself up, re-equips her gear, and heads for the door.

As Sin passes through the door, she finds herself in a hallway, similar to the one to the bedroom, with a couple doors on the walls, and still-naked Hailey just walking in through the curtained threshold from the living room. When she sees Sin, she dashes the length of the hallway in two bounding steps and wraps her arms and wings tightly around her.

"Welcome back," she murmurs into her ear.

Hyacinth hugs her so, so hard. 

"Hey," she murmurs. A slow smile breaks like sunrise over her face. "I love you."

Hailey pulls back just a bit to look at Hyacinth like she's a walking epiphany. "I love you too. Holy fuck."

And then she crushes her tightly to her chest again, hugging her as hard as she can.

Hyacinth giggles and flushes and holds Hailey close.

"Um, uh, you're welcome?" She kisses Hailey's shoulder. "Yours."

"Mine," she whispers. "Mine mine mine holy shit I love you."

She buries her face in Sin's hair and shoulder and squeezes tighter — between Sin being an inch taller than her and the boots adding an inch or two now that Sin's dressed, the height difference is perfect for that.

Hyacinth just holds hailey close and firm, as gently as she can.

"...Still can't believe we actually did that," she murmurs.

"Neither can I," she replies, her cheeks flushed, "holy shit it was amazing."

Then she looks down at her naked body, and the fact that they're in a hallway when there's a bedroom not thirty paces away.

"I have no idea why we're still standing here. I think I just couldn't be bothered to wait when I could be hugging you. But y'know what? Let's go to the bedroom."

She scoops Sin into her arms effortlessly and carries her off.

Sin giggles softly and lets herself be bundled off. It's really not far to the main bedroom, and she flops down on the suspiciously clean bed and smiiiiiles.

Hailey drapes herself atop Sin and smiles soft and tender and warm. "Think that fixed my touch thing, at least for you and Hibiscus. Probably not for other people yet."

She strokes her fingers through Sin's hair.

"You're lovely. That was fucking beautiful."

Hyacinth blushes deeply. "U-um. Thank you."

Hailey grins and snickers, blushing slightly. "Thank me? You're the one who gave me frankly the best scene of my life to date and put all that trust in me. No, dork, thank you."

Hyacinth snuggles in. 

"It was..." She searches for words. "Intense. A thrill. I'm really glad we did it. l... when you put the knife to me there was this moment where I didn't want it but I did want it, you know?"

Hailey nods, smiling. "Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. It's scary and you want to say no but at the same time the way you want to say no is why you say yes, partly because it's just so intense and transgressive."

"I couldn't have put it better myself." 

Hyacinth leans in and kisses Hailey's lips.

"So," she says. "I think it's safe for us to travel now. Want to start heading in the direction of Cordova?"

She nods. "Yeah, definitely. We can meet the Gay Blades and get you some coloring supplies."

"You promised, after all." Hyacinth's impish smile is deeply sincere.

"And I'm a woman of my word," she replies with a sharp grin. "We'll get as complete a set as they sell, and we'll make anything missing by hand if we have to."

She stands up and goes to equip her gear, then pauses.

"Maybe I need a shower first. You should be clean and fresh, since you just respawned."

Hyacinth laughs. "Yeah, that is one advantage. I'll hang out in the study and read while you shower, then."

She presses a kiss to Sin's lips and then heads off to the bathroom to wash up.

Fuck their life has gotten pretty amazing. She's washing up in her body, not just a shared design the other Pirates compromised on, they have an amazing plural system as a girlfriend, she just had the best sex of her life, and they're about to go hike through beautiful countryside toward a bigger city where they can make friends with a guild of fellow queers and buy a gift for said girlfriend.

Life is good.

Eventually she comes back to the study, dressed and armored up, hair still a bit wet. 

Hyacinth re-equips her leather armor and her staff and pops up to give Hailey a firm hug.

"Alright," she says. "I'm feeling charged. Let's go!"

"Hell yeah." She hugs Sin back, then walks out the front door with a smirk on her face.