[ Jim watches in confusion while Zell pinches himself - at least until Zell announces what he'd been doing. Then Jim laughs helplessly, not really managing to hide his smile behind his hand even if he does try. ] I - yeah, it's real. Or we're hallucinating together and it doesn't matter.

[ Yeah, it would be just like Norfinbury to give them something this good and then yank it all away, but Jim's not thinking about that. He's too busy grinning at Zell, because he can't quite believe this is happening, either.

Though what this is, Jim still doesn't know. He just knows one thing as he threads his fingers between Zell's. ]

Yeah. Zell, I want -

[ It's not going to be anything like a normal romance. To be with you sounds silly when they already spend every waking moment together. Jim struggles with a word for what he's feeling and it comes back to the same thing, in the end. He regards Zell seriously for as long as he can without smiling and finishes, lamely: ] I want this so much.