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After Tegan returned home, she would lie for hours gazing at the night sky, wondering where and when they were, IF they still were, because she knew better than most what dangers awaited them, what fate could swallow them in an instant.

Only now could she admit, even just to herself, that she missed him. The coolness of his hands against hers, the comforting clench of his fingers, that odd double pulse, those ageless eyes, and most of all his encouraging words. He had kept his promise, but sometimes she wished to be back among the stars next to him.