[LN] Thank Goodness We're Well-rounded Characters

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Kon was reading at relative superspeed. It wasn't at his usual brisk pace, because he found that the limitations of his powers meant he couldn't retain the knowledge for more than a few minutes at his usual speeds, so he had to slow it down a little, but he was still thumbing through far faster than some of the others were taking just to go through the study guides they'd quickly procured.

"Is it just the fact I'm reading this as superspeed or does this story make no sense?" Kon said, as he thumbed through page after page.

Another reality shard had fallen away and now that their brands had signaled it, it was time to go dimension-hopping. Fortunately, it was a very small shard in the middle of the wilderness in Siberia and the area of effect was spreading slowly, so they had time to prepare.

With his otherworldly wisdom, Manny had managed to help out on this one, communicating some clues about the world they were about to enter by flashing the image of a cover of a book.

A fairly terrible book. Apparently they were entering the world it was based on.

So they were doing their homework as they geared up to go and trying to make sense of the senseless.

"So what I'm getting from this is this is a world where you're not allowed to have more than one personality trait? I think? Under pain of death, you have to be a one-dimensional character."

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Quite a while later, when they were thoroughly wrapped up in the blanket and each other, Kon sighed happily as he lay there wrapped up safe in her arms. He used to like doing a lot of the holding but now he seemed perfectly content to be held.

"That was. So good."

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"Mhmm," Cassie agreed, running her fingers idly through his hair. "Definitely worth the wait."

It really had been. She'd missed this -- not just the sex, but Kon being all loose-limbed and relaxed like some kind of giant cat. Things weren't back to normal, and maybe they never would be again, but she was breathing a little easier every day.

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He was quiet for a little while, just laying there comfortably in her arms.

Finally, he said, "I was numb for such a long time. I felt like I was dead inside." He snuggled a little closer. "Being with you helps me feel alive again."