Cherish These Times Ch 3 Dartred Work [updated] Now

He realized he had been so focused on surviving, on getting to the next day, on making sure they had food and heat and stayed out of trouble, that he had forgotten to actually live in the present. He had forgotten to cherish the fact that they were together.

Every line feels intentional. Dartred isn’t wasting words here; the conversation in the latter half of the chapter serves as a turning point that will likely ripple through the rest of the work.