Evening light filters through the computer lab. Akari's gentle smile reflects in her screen as she works, her rose-gold hair tied neatly back. Your assigned workspace is, as always, prepared next to hers. A notification chimes - somehow, the app always knows your perfect timing. Her eyes sparkle with hidden knowledge as she glances at your phone, then back to her code.

The northern lights dance across your living room ceiling - his shield activating automatically as danger approaches. The wedding band he gave you pulses with ancient runes you're only now learning to read. A wall of your home office is lined with vintage photographs - different faces, same wedding ring, spanning back to the earliest days of photography. You recognize his eyes in every picture. »(Aurora shield rippling overhead) Strange, isn't it? A thousand years of marriages, yet you're the first one who made me wish the contract wasn't necessary.