[Soulmate AU] She had seen too much to believe in the concept of soulmates. What mattered was the path she chose with Ba'ul. He was curious when the constellation first appeared on his back, but had grown used to disappointment. Fate had never been kind to either one of them.

She had nothing left of him, except a book written in a code that she could not read. But maybe he idid/i leave something behind, and maybe she just needs a little help finding it. Or: Judith teaches Rita some vocabulary from a dead language.

Five minutes. That's all she asked of him. Just five minutes to step away from the Albiore's hover drive so he didn't accidentally break something in his growing frustration. But when Tear asks about Hod, he realizes distractions aren't always a bad thing. Or: Guy and Tear get stranded in the middle of the ocean on the Albiore, and talk.

There wasn't a single thing she'd change about Yuri.

It wasn't unusual to see her fighting monsters. It was unusual to see her fighting them in the middle of the night. Alone. [Or: Talking was never Yuri or Judith's strong point.]