Press the advantage... or not?

"How are you feeling?" 

With the immediate course of action now more or less settled, I finally could turn my attention back to where it belonged. 

"Ever since you… did something, it's as if that suffocating feeling was nothing but a dream…" 

Still shaken by the experience, Fay continued to cuddle up to my chest, seeking warmth to repel the fright over what just happened. 

Her low mood didn't last long, though. Before I myself could get enough of cuddling her, Fay's thoughts already swirled, latching onto a different detail of the discussion that happened just before. 

A detail she could easily feel herself through our bond… 

And a detail that I found affecting Fay in a strangely intense way. 

"More importantly," Fay pulled her face away from my chest and raised her eyes to lock stares with me. "You are just one step away from turning supreme, huh?" 

The usual, dim blue of Fay's eyes… was a bit more intense than I remembered it.