"Come here. I need to hold on to you." She felt the same way. And when there was no distance between them, it was like coming home."

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But tonight, because Rome had fallen and Felix was dead, because of Valerius’s shame, the empty hut seemed horribly lonely, and there was a small aching need in him for somebody to notice, even if they were not glad, that he had come home.

— Rosemary Sutcliff