[That gets a definite grin out of him. The past has sucked, but they really can't help what the town has done to either of them, the way Rhys sees it: possession and control is a very real and awful thing in his world, and that makes it far easier for him to forgive.]

Likewise, and I appreciate it. For what it's worth, I think it's the best kind of magic...place magic, like...old woods, the ocean, that kind of stuff? That's always where I've felt the best. Felt most like home. So I think that's important stuff.

[He's getting a little weird, but he feels that sort of power pretty intensely as an empath. Sorry. At least it's a good sort of thing.]