[Atsushi lies down on the other side of the Mossley, making himself comfortable. For all that the animal is between them, it feels more like an addition than a blockade this way.]

... It seems that way, doesn't it?

[It's all very cliche with the romance, but Atsushi for one doesn't mind. Even with his various relationships being fairly casual, they are so much more than he ever thought he'd have - and they've come to him so easily and naturally that he still doesn't understand how they happened.]

I know that it's silly to say, but... even if we've had some terrible things happen from time to time, sometimes I think we really are blessed by Thesa.

[So that's just silly make-believe, and the space station definitely isn't a goddess. What does it matter when the Natha are as good as gods, and Atsushi's life has improved impossibly since coming here?]