“Your sisters were different, they were victims of their own demons. You won’t end up like them because I won’t fail you like I did them. We can talk to Vess, she’s quite competent and she needs more interaction with the family. You’ll be okay, I promise.”<br/><br/><span style="color: #006666">“Animus is Machinist’s property. I don’t think Order has any right to interfere. I fucked her once, and she wasn’t lying about the timing being poor for both of us.” </span>He thought about what she said as they walked and he nodded after a moment.<span style="color: #006666">“Okay, I understand and I agree with you. She doesn’t seem like the type to retaliate but I don’t see her ever seeing you in a positive way again. At least she saw it was personal and not the Temple coming down on her.” </span>When they got back to her office he looked down at her and stared into her eyes.<span style="color: #006666">“What would you say if I kissed you?”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>