At this point Vitali didn't realize that there was anything but the personal level. Everything else had sort of gone away. His fear that she was up to something was gone. If anything at this point it had actually seemed like the thing she had been up to was trying to win his heart. Ulterior motives were far from his mind.<br/><br/>Finally, it had looked as though the question that he had been searching for an answer to was closed. What might have made it more interesting was the fact that this secrecy was bound to rise more than a simple interest in the situation. She was perhaps thinking, eventually anyway, that there might have been some reason that they couldn't go through the cosmonaut homes.<br/><br/>Should she have gone across this path of thought then the joke would have eventually been on her. After all, the reason they were secret was merely paranoia. There was nothing but clothing, beds and radios in them.<br/><br/>Regardless, he couldn't have possibly known what she was thinking about. It didn't matter anyway, since all he was concerned with was how she viewed him at this point. He wanted to finally think of the two of them as an official couple.<br/><br/>Then again, if he figured that they were then maybe it would have been vocalized eventually. That would have been nice for him, since it would have solidified everything in the end.<br/><br/>"If that were the case, then I suppose I could actually move out of my little cottage." Eventually he rolled his eyes at what she had been saying about taking care of him. "You do realize, of course, that I'm a national hero. If it's money that you need, then I could at least get you things."<br/><br/>The way that he had phrased it suggested that while the USSR's government was giving him anything he wanted, money didn't seem to be on the table.<br/><br/>Perhaps that was because of his race, which would have made sense seeing as he was an ethnic Evenki and not a Muscovite Russian. Alternatively, it could have suggested that they realized Soviet money wasn't always stable, but permanent things would stick around for the long haul.