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[loverofinnocence]

[There's really no point to Caim using video when his expression is always the same. And when he can't talk. But he will if the situation calls for it.]

It has been two months.

[Over two months since he arrived in that damned portal.]

I have delayed myself long enough.

[Which can only mean one of two things. He either desperately needs to find his way back to his dragon, or he just needs to plain murder someone. Or both.
As an afterthought he adds:]

I find the cultures and societies here agitating at best.

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[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

[Asshole mode again, it seems]

Hm. So Ai must mean a lot to you then.

[loverofinnocence]

[Caim's very tempted not to say anything, because this is a very crucial moment. Caim talks with Ai often enough. He... enjoys her company. He protects her, would happily kill for her. (He'd happily kill for his own reasons, too.) In short, Ai is very important to him, however...

It's not something he can admit. Not to Raikov. Not to Ai. Not to even himself, most likely. For confessing to it, acknowledging it, opens him to vulnerability. Not that anyone here could stand a chance against him. Not even Byrne.]

Ai should just do whatever it is she wants to do. It's unnecessary to restrain her when life is so short.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

[He simply smirks to himself. Such a passive answer... Raikov knows your type, Caim, very well infact.]

I see, I see... Such a noble answer.

[loverofinnocence]

There is nothing noble about taking advantage of the time you're given.

[You're such a creeper, Raikov.]

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

[Would you have it any other way?]

I wasn't referring to that. I was referring more to the fact that you give Ai so much freedom.

[loverofinnocence]

[Not in the least.]

She isn't mine to control.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

But what about the possibility of needing to protect her?

[loverofinnocence]

'Protection' and 'control' are two entirely different things.

[Caim may be one hell of a murdering bastard, but he's intelligent. It's that royal background of his, most certainly. The idea that anyone would ever imply protection and control being so closely interwoven unnerves him. It sounds like something Inuart would say. It sounds like what Inuart thought.]

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

Sometimes. There are times when they intertwine.

[loverofinnocence]

Perhaps. All the same, I would prefer not to combine the two terms together.

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[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

Understandable.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

... I'm sure you'll be a fine guardian for her, if she is in need of one.

[loverofinnocence]

[........................

That is mostly Caim's train of thought. It takes him many moments before he can coerce himself to respond.]

I am not her guardian.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

If you say so.

[HE KNOWS, CAIM. HE KNOOOWS]

[loverofinnocence]

[HRGH. YOU ARE A FRUSTRATING MAN, RAIKOV.]

You are infuriating.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

I'm flattered.

[loverofinnocence]

You are also impossible.

[majorcrotchgrab.livejournal.com]

I'm only easy when I want to be.

[loverofinnocence]

Noted, Raikov.

[Caim doesn't understand this flirting nonsense.]