“I hope so, but I’ve trusted you this far.” He smiled at Amber and nodded. “Oh, it’s going to be a very beautiful place. And it’ll be our secret place. Inaara here is good at reading minds, just think about all of your favorite flowers, the ones that are the most important to you and she can help me find them.” He nodded to Inaara and sat Amber back on the grass and into the pile of waiting puppies. “Alright, you guys have fun. I’m going to go drag my lazy son out of his room and into the sun.”<br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">“I’m glad he speaks so highly of me. I know he is a friend of my younger sister and she is quite hated in this city.”</span>She smiled a little and nodded as she released his hand.<span style="color: #b30000"> “I’ll get you a proper laboratory set up with equipment of my own and I’ll teach you how to use it. Then you can try to integrate it into your research. If I’m being honest, there likely isn’t much that you will find that I don’t already know. But it’s your mortal perspective that I lack and why I can’t translate my knowledge into useable data for others. It is my hope that I can help you learn what I do and then you can help others learn and understand.”</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #006666">“No, no. I didn’t miss it, I just let it go. Sex with you would be great if you wanted it. You doing it just to cheer me up would only make me feel worse. Plus you’re my friend and I like what we have now. Not everyone can say they have an absolute bombshell for a friend. Animus has definitely been more… troublesome since Ibara declared her a person and defended her from Machinist.” </span>He looked up at her and shrugged a little, completely defeated.<span style="color: #006666">“It’s just not in my nature, I guess. But if you want to go fuck with her I’m happy to accompany you. I could use a distraction anyways.” </span>Ras stood up and offered her a smile but she could tell how tired he was.<span style="color: #006666">“I don’t think Valeen would care to get involved and I don’t know that you want to deal with five more Animus units. Not even for my sake, but we can still go have some kind of fun.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>