On the shortest night of the year the veils between the realms of the living and the dead thin enough that the dead can come and visit. You make candles so that the spirits you wish to see can find their way to you.
And yeah, I did. But like I said, I spent forever making it. You should see the kitchen table at the apartment.
[Phoenix joins him with a lit candle of his own. It's in swirls of four colours; red, violet, blue, and green; each corresponding with one of the Kayori clans.]
[The somber thoughtful look falls away to delight at seeing Phoenix. Yes, it's a serious sort of holiday but... its one to be with family and Phoenix is family. It's also just so nice to be happy to see him after their fight that he just can't help smiling.]
[He just doesn't want to suck Phoenix dry ... of heat.]
[Vahl had a little brother? That's news to Alec. But he's realizing that there's a lot he doesn't know about things right now with Phoenix and Vahl and everything else.]
He died in the Hell War. The sad thing is... Corvo - that's his brother, Tansy, Kizzie and Rowan, they all died believing Vahl was the enemy, the one who'd tortured my generation. Of the five of us, I'm the only one who lived to find out the truth.
[He squeezes Alec and increases his own body temperature.]
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