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I breath in slowly then, with all the stress in the world, exhale.

This is unexpected but it isn't unwelcome. Her hand on my back, her head gently placed into the crook of my neck. Her eyes showing nothing but love and devotion. Pure eyes that gaze directly into my heart and shower me with all the... with everything that I want.

I take one last breath. It is the last I'll take for some time. At least the last breath that isn't filled with stress and anxiety.

For my hand waves into the air, and with a push of my will something lands in my hand.

It's smooth in some places and dirty in others. A spherical object that shine with value. It isn't made of gold or some other valuable metal. Nor is it of some common stone. No. It is of a pure and unique material. Something wholly... mine.

And that spherical object, barely larger than an egg. Lies in my hand. It's bigger than it was before. Maybe by an inch in radius... maybe more.