Solomon rolled his eyes without glancing over. "Hence the contextual addition of 'in attachment'. Likely the boy wouldn't care one whit either way if it weren't for that."

That was the part that made it complicated, and less encouraging had been the fact that Raine didn't seem to know how to handle it either. If Genis had raged, at least Solomon would have known how to respond; but to simply shut down and push away, he could only leave in Raine's hands.

He wasn't particularly enjoying the sensation of not knowing how to proceed. He reached the end of his run and stopped to return to the beginning, wholly dissatisfied but at least now with a better idea of what he needed to focus upon.