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*The transformation was miraculous, to one who had seen it a wind-blasted desert just a couple years before; the Agon Plains were verdant once again, and Samus had been spending much of her time lately simply walking among the waist-high grasses and the sweet-scented wind, letting the horrors of the last mission fade. The Luminoth had given her the use of a villa built on a low hill, overlooking a broad valley and meandering river. Here and there, standing stones dotted the valley, their faces carved with lines and circles that glowed in the dusk. When the mood took her, she made her way to the Great Temple to meditate, or to speak with some of the Luminoth.*
*Ali had been a blessing in so many ways; a companion when she needed company, a lover when she needed intimacy, but not clinging when she needed space--and it had been interesting (though not useful) to learn that the Luminoth didn't actually eat, instead absorbing energy directly from their temples and edifices, which meant they had no food to share with their guests. Without Ali's culinary skill, they'd have either lived on ration bars or whatever questionably edible animals Samus could hunt.*
*On her latest meditation on the hillside, it had struck Samus once again how glad she was to have Ali, and on her way back to the villa, resolved to tell her so.*
Love?
*Ali had been a blessing in so many ways; a companion when she needed company, a lover when she needed intimacy, but not clinging when she needed space--and it had been interesting (though not useful) to learn that the Luminoth didn't actually eat, instead absorbing energy directly from their temples and edifices, which meant they had no food to share with their guests. Without Ali's culinary skill, they'd have either lived on ration bars or whatever questionably edible animals Samus could hunt.*
*On her latest meditation on the hillside, it had struck Samus once again how glad she was to have Ali, and on her way back to the villa, resolved to tell her so.*
Love?