Well, she was quite beautiful, you know. And it was nice to be reminded of how much, considering the cost. And also, she'd gotten used to seeing his face, without the glasses. It didn't matter that his eyes were blank from the Lucii magic, they were still his eyes.

"Two hundred years is a lot to catch up on," Liliana noted. Which was true, even if those two hundred years were editorialized. Heavily editorialized. "It would be for anyone, never mind someone who walked the Multiverse."

Cold fingers traced the patrician curve of his lips before she leaned up to brush lips warmed by his own against them once more. "I will admit, though, I'm quite pleased to have defied expectations."