Ren lifts their clasped hands and presses a lingering kiss to Goro's knuckles. He sighs, a slow breath against their skin.

But he can't quite let it go. "If you don't like Destinyland," he says, "there was another Palace kind of like that. Not a farm, but a ranch. Raising racehorses. It was a pretty easy Palace, but my boots were covered in horse shit by the end of it."

Again, he watches Goro's face. Another test.