He was a touch uncertain about what other rules he should be adding and so forth, even as he continued, letting her think it over. He wasn't sure what was going on in her head, but a part of him was just lit up that she'd said okay still, and had fun watching her get all disoriented. It was amusing and sweet, all at once, as much as the business woman wasn't his favorite side of her. It made for fun appearances, but the main downer was her big tendency to shut out all the other facets of Samantha Celeste Browning when she went that route.<br/><br/>What got him was what came next though.<br/><br/>So much the same.<br/><br/>"Oka- okay?" he blinked, entirely taken aback and astounded for a moment. She sounded serious. She had just taken him seriously? She'd always teased him back when he'd mentioned that in the past. It was mostly a joke, and she was always ignoring it or laughing with him. But she was... another woman... if it had been a manga page, he would have been several kinds of animated in the thought panels that sane words could not describe. "Guess we will." He grinned back, still confused. That was... how did you even take that? Hell yes it was exciting, but he'd just finally made something official bout him and Celeste and now she was...<br/><br/>Mind was blown.<br/><br/>But no sooner was he ready to start laughing than a kick of harsh reality came in. That's what he'd been forgetting about.<br/><br/>He blinked, and his face flattened, nodding to Celeste.<br/><br/>"Mei Lee showed up at my place yesterday. She gave me the location and Charlie's name- asked me to go and stop you from doing anything too rash."<br/><br/>Fine job he'd done of that. But that was just a lead up. The big gut wrenching part was what came next.<br/><br/>"Actually-"<br/><br/>And there came a knock at the door.<br/><br/>Rayner paused mid word and blinked, cautiously looking from it back to Celeste. He didn't know that there were many men left to find them from the gang, not that they'd seemed organized enough for it, the slavers, or armed or clever enough. But all the same, he thought back, and didn't recall any mention of Charlie or anyone coming by.<br/><br/>"You expecting anyone?"