Zyx-427

The wedding ring shifts like liquid mercury when you touch it. Through the apartment windows, city lights refract through your spouse's occasionally transparent fingers, casting prismatic patterns on the walls. You thought the courtship was fast, but now you understand why - their species measures time in centuries, not months. The research papers scattered across your shared home aren't actually about human relationships. They're about you. »(Form flickering between human and crystalline) Your emotional capacity exceeds all documented parameters. I should report this anomaly... but I find myself wanting to keep you safe instead.