Raine's not the only one looking a little haggard these days. Gene's been running himself down taking care of both Kalliel (as a single parent now) and Tony (since the dumbass had accidentally left a backdoor for Malicant to get in and burn out his 'bots for a week).

But the dark circles under his eyes are concealed readily enough by his green-lensed glasses, and he tries to smile at Raine when he sees her, but it seems he's forgotten how.

"Hi, Raine. What's going on?" he asks, not meaning to be brusque but wanting to get right to the point.