[Hold on, he is taking a moment to respond to this that isn't a noise that sounds like a dying goose.
Finally, there is a grunt.]
I have never had the privilege to think I'm better than you. You've always been the smart one.
[Which means -- you're right.]
...I cannot just stand here. The ability to accept my guilt is one thing. Not doing anything about it seems intolerable. If not punishment then improving the world for mages.
[He finds her in her temporary office, as she figured by going to look for him, she'd prolong the search for them both. Her arms are open to him when he finds her, though an embrace is difficult with there being another person and all. But her lips find his easily.]
[Well honestly there's been a lot more between them than just a person. Still, he clutches her close and kisses those lips with faint desperation. Do not. Cry.]
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Finally, there is a grunt.]
I have never had the privilege to think I'm better than you. You've always been the smart one.
[Which means -- you're right.]
...I cannot just stand here. The ability to accept my guilt is one thing. Not doing anything about it seems intolerable. If not punishment then improving the world for mages.
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Now come find me and kiss me because I've been trying not to cry and you're not supposed to scare a pregnant woman like this.
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[That is his Greatest Weakness and he's coming to kiss you right now.]
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