"Of course." It almost feels normal, for a moment. There's almost something perfectly calm and easy about the four of them standing in the hall together after a show. Really, it's just the grip the two pairs have one on another that betrayed anything. "You were amazing, by the way."

The entire audience had seen it, of course. There had just been special affirmation by the way his and Edgar's hands had gripped together uncomfortably; by the way they were all clinging to their other halves now.

"You must be exhausted."