There was a lot going on in such a small room. Valdis reacting at the same time didn't frighten him, and he tilted his head to watch her own stumble yet couldn't bring himself to move or to catch her. It was like his heart had climbed into his throat and he could hardly move for want to just keep breathing. He couldn't place what had happened and it made the intangible feelings all the more dangerous with nowhere to go.

His hand closed over Raine's tight and warm. He had enough control not to crush or cling but he needed that anchor more than he cared to admit. Cain breathed, looked at their enclosed hands, then up to Raine. He tried to quirk a smile for her in encouragement and the attempt only wrenched his heart more; a grimace came instead.

"I remember," he said after a moment. "Not what happened... but I remember what we were doing. Something happened at the end, there."