[ Tamsin has heard and seen a lot in all her years, but the idea of some magical paradise where all your dreams come true if you hump like bunnies? That's pretty high on the "Are you crazy?" list. But she couldn't deny that he looked different from the last time she'd seen him (and, she noticed now, also had both his hands attached which was definitely a change) and it wasn't as though there weren't beings out there that could mess with time.

In fact, she'd just spent far longer than she'd like to think about trapped in a loop of the same day before the world went up in flames around her.

Resting an elbow on the bar and her chin in her hand, Tamsin angled toward Vex as he spoke, brow furrowed deeply as she listened to his lengthy tale. It was a lot to take in. ] I celebrated Yule so many times in the same tweny-four hours that I lost count of how often time reset. [ Shifting into a more upright position, she leaned in closer to Vex, her eyes looking intently over his features. ] You really spent almost an entire year in some magical paradise, getting your rocks off the entire time?