He loved it when Cassandra touched him, even non-sexually.  Blake was almost leaning into her fingertips with a purr.  He knew he owed her one now, he noted mentally.  As she explained her new device, his eyes returned to the black cat in the planter, and a dark smile pulled at his lips.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">“Absolutely,”</span>he agreed.  The packaging couldn’t have been peeled away faster, and they had the device set up without so much as a glance at the manual.  He set it up near the window for now, deciding that Cassandra would probably find a better place for it later.  The cat’s ears folded back and its eyes grew wide, seeming to stare at something on the wall outside before leaping away like a hatchet were chucked at it.  Blake nodded his approval.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">“A fine development of the modern world.  Thanks, love.”</span><br/><br/>He reached for his tea again, sipping at it with every intention of enjoying his first cup of feline-free Glengettie.  It was incredibly gratifying.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">“Seeing the neighbourhood?”</span>he questioned her gently.  He knew it was her that slipped that pillow underneath his head, and he wasn’t forward-thinking enough to have collected that blanket before collapsing on her couch.  He didn’t know how she managed to be awake in the morning- then again, he was more of a night creature himself.  It was the reason he worked the later shifts in the shop, doing work on the vehicles which required more time and attention to detail.<br/><br/>He hoped she wouldn’t mind if he went back to work so soon after moving in.  Honestly, he wasn’t much of a homebody, and the work kept him busy and his mind at ease.  He could really use both of those things right now.  He was really starting to lose it.  Could it be the stress of starting anew?  He could swear the apple in the kitchen’s wall mural did<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>have a bite in it before, but he wasn’t going to ask Cassandra for her opinion, because he didn’t want her to worry more.