Ras kissed Amere again and smiled. "When I'm done with Inaara's grand tour I'll come back and relieve you of your motherly duties so you can go and stretch your legs. I did promise Yinxha that I would be punishing her disobedience tonight so I'll be coming back to bed with you late. And freshly showered, of course." He held Amere for a while before heading for the door. "This way, Relene will be waiting for us."<br/><br/>Animus sighed softly and looked back at the drone.<span style="color: #b30000">"It feels like you are arguing with me when we are agreeing. Everything I said you had to have a negative response to even when we are of the same mind. You told me my line of thinking regarding the Seraphim was incorrect, so I changed it and agreed with you. You told me that trying to talk to them would be enough to guide them and then challenged me in that regard. It felt like you were attacking me at every turn. But it's a nonissue, I think I'm just suffering some difficulties to being forcefully shut down like I was. Tell me, where is Vanessa Goldblossom now? I think I'm going to let her know what she has done to me." </span>The drone would find Vanessa exactly where she had been when she confiscated the tablet, the only difference being the Elf now asleep surrounded by bottles of wine and medication.<br/><br/>Ras took a deep breath and cupped both of Jasmine's cheeks softly<span style="color: #006666">. "Because you have a complex that makes you feel unworthy of people's care and affection. You seek out the attention of those who mistreat you and berate you because that's what you think you deserve. I won't say that I love you, I don't know you that well, not yet. But I want nothing more than to hold you in my arms, to cherish you, and be the first thing you see when you wake up and the last you see when you go to sleep. You have made my transition to this new life tolerable and if I had my way I would share many more experiences with you."</span>He stared into her eyes and smiled a little.<span style="color: #006666">"You are worth it to me. Be it three months or three years, I will wait for you to be ready."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>