QUOTE : It would be really wonderful if all this could be a dream,” I said.<br /><br />“Come now, you’ll get there. Focus on one aura at a time; that helps. What do you see when you look at me?”<br /><br />I took a breath. “A kind of idiosyncratic bluish with a happy patch of crimson right around your middle. You’re a bit dark—but also very light in funny little ways.” I blinked. “There are also notes of a sort of rosy color hanging all around both you and Jenny. No, not rosy, exactly. How would you describe it—a buoyant sort of flush?”<br /><br />“Buoyant is not a color,” said Jackaby. “You sound ridiculous. But an excellent start! The sight will take time to understand. I’m here to help.”<br /><br />“I’m here for you, too, Abigail,” Jenny assured me, putting a hand on Jackaby’s shoulder as she glided forward to join us. “We can practice together and take it slow. It’s the least I could do after everything you’ve done to help me figure out my own abilities.”<br /><br />I nodded. “It’s nice to see that you’re not having any more trouble in that area,” I said. Jenny’s hand was still on Jackaby’s shoulder. The flush around their auras increased when I mentioned it.<br /><br />“I’m not even sure how it happened,” Jenny said. “I just needed it to happen, and it did.”<br /><br />“Not surprised about it at all,” said Jackaby.<br /><br />“Not surprised?” Jenny said. “Yesterday I couldn’t so much as brush a hair out of your eyes, but today I reached inside your chest and held your heart in my hands—and you’re not surprised?”<br /><br />“Not at all. My heart was always yours,” said Jackaby.<br /><br />Jenny leaned back and looked at him, startled. “That is about the sweetest thing I think you’ve ever said.”<br /><br /><br />“Was it good?” He gave her a goofy grin. “I was trying to work out how to phrase it the whole ride over.”<br /><br />“Not good at all, no,” she said, trying unsuccessfully to keep a smile off her face. “It was sappy and maudlin and positively terrible. Sweet, though. Excellent effort.”<br /><br />“You’re just jealous because we’re both technically undead now, and I’m clearly so much better at it.”<br /><br />“Jealous? I’m not jealous. For the first time since I’ve known you, I have the power to shut you up.” She leaned in and kissed him right on the lips.