[ jack sits down, cross legged next to her, but far enough away so that his cold doesn't affect her little blooms. he smiles gently when she finally gives him a name that isn't one he made up o simply mother nature. ]

You gonna mind if I keep up with my running trend, Dahlia?

[ his hand slides down from her shoulder, and moves to find one of her hands. ]

They can't do that this time. They're bound for good. This---alien, one who knew Kozmotis before---he used my magic and his own to make sure of it. And even if I hadn't seen that---[ he pulls the mage-stone kozmotis had given him out from his shirt, glowing with a bright amber light, to show her. ]

There's this.