Eyes closed, Melody reveled in the kiss for a moment. That was never getting old for her. She loved the way his beard tickled her cheek and how a single kiss could make the whole world good again.
She nodded, both to his statement and to his question. "We need it, everyone of us. Without it everything's just bleak. Pandora was right about that." She smiled and took his hand, squeezing lightly. "Promise me there won't be any running?"