"and we will be ready, at the end of every day will be ready, will not say no to anything, will try to stay awake while everyone is sleeping, will not sleep, will make the shoes with the elves, will breathe deeply all the time... so when it comes we will not be angry, will be content, tired enough to go, gratefully, will shake hands with everyone, bye, bye, and then pack a bag, some snacks, and go to the volcano."
xena and gabrielle. these two have been through it all together - heaven and hell, war and peace, demonic rape and possession, amnesia, religious zealots, jealousy and inadequacy issues, domestic abuse, crucifixion, resurrection, musical theatre, the death and birth of children, lovers, and friends, reincarnation, cloning, alternate time lines, sickness, tattoos, hickeys, hot tubs, insanity, hilarity, exotic dancing, genocide, estranged family members, divine intervention, betrayal, reconciliation, hallucinogenic drugs, recreational sports, bad hair days, third wheels, imprisonment, blasts from the past(s), beauty pageants, deja vu, being frozen in a cave together for 25 years, etc. - you know, the usual.