"Sometimes perspective can change when you're dead," Pierce chuckled ruefully, and it was true. "When you know you have an eternity of being restless, unless you find a way to move on, then that tends to put a damper on things."
He smiled back and patted Naea's cheek in a tender gesture, then leaned in and kissed the top of her head. "Sure, I'll stay. I have plenty of boring stories that will help put you to sleep."