"Now if we could just get them to be polite about it. They love to talk and take things out of context." He laughs. "One time, I had to make a public statement telling everyone I didn't have a secret lovechild when someone leaked some private pictures of me."

He laughs at the absurdity of the memory, though it had been annoying at the time. Luka always tried to keep his loved ones' privacy, and strangers found a way to pry into it anyway.

"Sometimes I think I understand perfectly why you'd want to live deep in the forest." He says, one hand finding Gyre's, interlacing their fingers. "Doesn't it get lonely, though?"