Kore moved just in time to avoid the broken glass.  She looked around at his room.  Perhaps she should have been surprised at the simplicity of it, but it was not so different from the room she had back on her mother’s campus.  Kore had spent most of her life in her mother’s home, which was still on the Demeter property but it was many miles from the buildings where research and development were done and even further from the actual manufacturing plants.  Kore had insisted on moving into the apartments that most of the other scientists and their families lived in.  She thought it would make her seem more normal.  It did not end up having the intended effect, but she had still fallen in love with the small one-bedroom apartment because it had become a space all her own.  Looking at his place gave her an odd feeling.  Perhaps she was homesick for that space, despite the short time that had passed since she left it.<br/><br/>Her eyes widened as he removed the mask and revealed himself fully.  He was handsome, though he looked a bit unwell.  She had not been expecting that.  Kore had almost pictured something alien beneath the mask, thanks to the voice modulator he used.  It felt odd, that sudden sense of attraction to this man who had definitely saved her life with his simple actions tonight.<br/><br/>“I owe you my life...Your secret is safe with me...” She said as she took the glass of water he offered and settled on to his couch.  Her mind seemed to go over what he said after that and she realized there were a few things she probably need to clarify with him.  “You should sleep in your bed though, I can just take the couch.  It’s soft. Seems comfy even.”  She pressed her hand into the cushion beneath her for emphasis.  It actually did feel decently comfortable and she would have felt bad about making him give up his bed.  It looked like he might really need a good night’s rest...but then he had said something about sleeping during the day, hadn’t he?  It was a small detail, but one that she perked up about.<br/><br/>“Are you...I don’t even know how to ask this, I think you’d be the first person I met who...Did you...I mean...” She fumbled the question.  Kore looked up at him sheepishly, suddenly worried she might end up offending him.  “I’m sorry, we did do some research into HMHVV at my mother’s company, but she never allowed me to interact with someone who actually had the illness.  I can’t assume you have it, but you’re pale and you said you sleep at night, sooo...deductive reasoning.”  There was a wonderment in her eyes as she looked at him, as if she were both fascinated and endlessly curious about this new discovering.  Her mother had always called the sort of people they studied “subjects” as if they were lab rats, but Kore had never seen them that way.  They were people who needed help.<br/><br/>“I should probably just thank you for helping me and skip the whole part where I delve into your life like it’s any of my business.  I apologize, I’m not terribly great with people, —“ She started to try and say his name, but then she realized she had no idea what it was.  “Um, what would you like me to call you? Mr. Shadowrunner just sounds weird.”