However, neither of them pursued her feelings on the matter. They were close enough that it wouldn’t have been particularly difficult to do so, but there was no reason to go out of their way to directly put it into words. So, each of them kept their certainty about it quietly resting within their own hearts.
Of course, all three of them were fully aware of this. They knew that Alpina felt this way, that the two of them were aware of it, that Alpina knew they were aware, and that the two of them also knew this in return. All of this was guaranteed by the strong bond forged by the mutual trust that existed between them. It seemed that the eternal time they had shared, which no Humans could ever experience or even imagine, had indeed proven to be as effective as its length warranted.