And she misses the other him more sometimes because he is so close. The times when it's hard not to let the irreverence of a world that largely lives without gods showing in minor displays of seeming liberties. She does her best not to argue with him or tell him what he should be doing, and they don't talk about too much of what could change.

"You like taking care of my house when I have to be away, although you cheat most of the time." On the books, it was her house, since she paid for it, built it, designed all the elements to make sure the complex wards poured in with the concrete and built inside the walls were as complete as she could manage.