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“I win again!” Abel cheered as she threw down her cards, getting the final pair she needed. “You’re so bad at this!”

“Yeah yeah, but at least I try,” Ben told her. “But for now, I need to get dinner started since the others should start getting home soon and-”

The sounds of the front door opening came as he was getting up, the footsteps he heard telling him it was Thera and Mora before either rounded the corner to the living room.

“Oh, hey Abel. I take it you need another day for Foast’s stuff then, Ben?”

“Nope, I’m done.”

“I’m just staying to hang out for a bit.”

“Oh, okay. How long is a bit?” Thera asked, getting a shrug in return.

“Until someone bothers me about going to hunt something down.”

The answer brought a small smile to Thera’s lips as she moved to Ben’s side, lightly kissing his cheek now that she was back and whispering in his ear as she did.

“Adoption.”

“That’s not what this is,” He told her back. “You know she’s a third tier, I’m sure she’ll have more work to do in a day or two so it’s not the end of the world if she stays a little longer.”

“Ha, we’ll see.”

“I guarantee it. Anyway, anyone want to give me a hand with dinner?”

“I’ll do it,” His girlfriend told him before looking at the child who was genuinely in their care. “Mora, do you think you could keep Abel entertained while we cook?”

“Alright,” The boy nodded, looking thoughtful briefly before he went on. “But if we’re playing games, am I allowed to beat her?”

“Ha, go for it, sweetheart.”

“Hey, just try it, pipsqueak,” Abel shot back, seeing the comment as less of a genuine question than an attempt to raise her competitive spirit which she was happy to oblige. “I just had troubles yesterday because it was my first time playing all of this and even then, I didn’t do that bad! I beat Ben every time.”

“That’s not really an accomplishment.”

“Mora, even if you’re right, you still shouldn’t say that in front of Ben,” Thera told the child, making him look guilty as he turned to Ben.

“Sorry, I didn’t… I mean, you’re not… Um, you try your best and that’s what matters,” The soul spirit finally landed on, not having it in himself to lie and say that Ben really wasn’t that bad or that he didn’t mean what he’d said, ending up with something far more hurtful derived from that earnest innocence that Ben for his part still waved off.

“Don’t worry about it, kiddo. Just have fun. Both of you. And if either of you need anything, we’ll just be in the kitchen.”

“Okay.”

“Got it!”

With the two instantly getting into a new game, it gave Ben and Thera the leeway to start cooking, as well as giving them just a bit of time alone.

“Good day?” He asked her as she pressed against his side, making use of none of the space the kitchen had to offer in preference of being close as she answered.

“Good day. Nothing crazy happened at least and casualty rates are still slowly falling. Although things could get even easier if my super-powerful, future-god boyfriend came out to train some healers again with his new and improved brain.”

“Ha, very subtle.”

“Subtlety is dead which I’m trying very hard not to be. Even if things have been getting easier, I’d still like to get to a point where I can take a day off without feeling guilty.”

“Well, lucky for you, my current agreement with the gods has me knowledging up everyone who gets in my range when I go out. I’ve already started today.”

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With no instantly obvious effect. Unlike in the past, the new depths at which he could transfer information to another mind could be incredibly subtle, used to incorporate information at an even greater level of detail than before instantly, while leaving it as something the recipients might not even notice until it came time to use it. Doing it in such a way ensured that anyone unfortunate enough to enter the range of his soul wouldn’t be instantly overwhelmed but it also meant that until they started training or thinking about their skills, they likely wouldn’t notice.

But everyone on this stupid planet should be training their skills constantly so if anyone manages to go even a week without getting their levels then they clearly aren’t going to people who’ll get much use out of them anyway.

“Well, if you make a teeny tiny stop tomorrow at, oh, I don’t know, every single hospital on the gate network, you’d have my endless appreciation.”

“Ha, I guess I can make the time. I’m sure Delair would get a kick out of the trip and Abel… Well, I suppose I’ll need to see if she actually still wants to work with me while she’s here or if she wants to go off and explore town a bit until we’re all done for the day.”