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The cabin is much larger than Cain usually springs for, but he's had dogs and a boar and hired help in and out of the beach home, so this seemed logical.

Besides, it was the only lot available this near to the hot springs. Those were crucial.

He prepares dinner (a quick meal, just hamburgers grilled on the patio) and waits to see if she can sneak away from work today.

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"How'd you figure out the time sensitivity? You oughta teach him what to do with it."

If he could be responsible with it, anyway, because if not...well, there's a lot of damage to be done there.

His fingers trail between her shoulderblades, teasing in light circles. "The speed's for devouring as much life as you can get, but you've got middle gears. They're there when you need to make the heavy decisions."

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Iris starts to laugh, soft and deep in her chest, and she hides her face against Cain's chest. He can still surprise her with how well he knows her, and it makes her feel so much more naked than merely having her clothes off.

"Shh. That's meant to be a secret. It's part of Anakin's story - 'e got suckered into the whole Dark Side business on account of 'aving visions of the future. 'E says they stopped, but I 'ave a feeling that's mostly that 'e suppressed it 'imself. I don't think 'e'll be very open to me poking into all that. Not any more."