Coaxing Sarah

"…"

Varian fell silent. He could say it wasn't life-threatening, but that would be a lie.

Even if he had a ghost ship, if a Sovereign attacked, he'd be killed Boo teleported to him.

Until now, Varian had a teleportation formation that could get him out of any dangerous situation. But that was useless in front of a Sovereign.

He snapped his fingers and a couch appeared behind them. Gently sitting her down, he answered. "There is a certain risk, yes. But mostly, I'll be alright."

"…Mostly?" Sarah smiled bitterly and turned her head away.

An awkward silence filled the room.

Finally, Varian leaned down and said. "Hey."

Sarah was facing the other side and mumbled. "What?"

"I really missed you." Varian hugged her softy body from behind and whispered in her ear. "You know what happened in Valos…I was really invested in there…trying to stop what seemed like another human-abyss war."