He blinks. It's the first time he's felt a bond in over a year. For him it's always been a natural state of mind to be bonded to someone else, Trever mostly. A bit of the ache and emptiness has gone because of it, Atton's not Trever, but he's close enough for now.

Kale lets out a gusty sigh of relief that he didn't even knew he needed to let out.