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There will be festival in the area. don't ask me how I know. There's a famous restaurant that sits on the river there on one side. I'll have reservations waiting. Don't worry, love. Don't cry. I'll be back in no time."
There was a silence, and the lilac kangaroo across from him quirked their brow.
"You... memorized it? That was a thousand years ago."
He twitched his vulpine whiskers with a blush.
"One thousand and thirteen. Four months... and some odd change."
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They stared at each other.
Studied every inch of each other in moments long in waiting.
"How did you know?" the vulpine whispered, eyes never leaving his lover.
"I... didn't." The kangaroo replied with a stray look and a motion to the light show that sparkled with dancers over the glow-lit city.
"I just hoped. I'm sorry that I left you with that, that cycle I-'
The vulpine shook his head, and rested paw upon paw as they watched the festival radiate with joy and love.
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The silence that followed made them drift to the river of glow beside them, and upwards at what mimicked a sky from the depth they were at. The sound of celebration was distant, but they could make out the sounds of music and the pangs of joy in their mindlink.
"It hardly makes the -food- a focal point, now doesn't it? I mean I'm sure it's GOOD or you would've predicted the kelp grub down the street." The fox snirked, forcing his lover to laugh.