[No pain until the withdrawal hits anyway. He blinks owlishly at Crow, raises a hand to touch where he got patted.]

I'll bring you back.

[He says it placidly. His conviction is still in him, but it's under the haze of euphoria so there's no urgency. Nothing seems urgent right now. Nothing seems bad.]

I love you.

[Totally sincere and without a filter. Whether he means anything more than family or friends Rean doesn't even know, but he knows he loves Crow, and he's feeling so relaxed and good there's no reason he shouldn't just say so.]