[ The knot around their hands is firm and secure, but this is not the tie that binds them. Clive squeezes Jill's hand as he tilts his face up slightly to be bathed in the warm light. Even though he's lost much to the flames over the years, he knows that the Phoenix's fire will never hurt him.
Closing his eyes for a moment, he thinks of all that lay behind him--all the fights and the fear and the pain--and he resolves to let them go, here and now. He did what he had to in order to survive, and that brought him here in the end. Now, he can finally be at peace; it's time to let the past go, to grasp his future. Their future.
When he opens his eyes again, they are filled with a determination to live this new life to the fullest. He's ready. ]
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Closing his eyes for a moment, he thinks of all that lay behind him--all the fights and the fear and the pain--and he resolves to let them go, here and now. He did what he had to in order to survive, and that brought him here in the end. Now, he can finally be at peace; it's time to let the past go, to grasp his future. Their future.
When he opens his eyes again, they are filled with a determination to live this new life to the fullest. He's ready. ]