A smile managed to escape and place itself on his face as she came running in. He chuckled as Malin asked so plaintively about being able to trust the lady on the radio. "If she identified herself as Jade, then yes, we can." he said, petting her hair softly. He winced some as he did that. He could almost touch the conflict and guilt coming from her. "It's okay." he started, petting some more.<br/><br/>"You could not have known this would happen. My only regret is that i would be useless to you right now, if something happened. I would not be able to protect you." he said softly, gently clasping her shoulders, urging her to her feet. "You have done more than I could have ever imagined for me already." he said, his gaze locking with hers. '<strong>So beautiful..</strong>' he thought, slowly leaning closer until their lips were almost touching, his gaze becoming half-lidded, and it was not all because of fatigue..