Cain appreciated it. Really, he did, but with everything going on, he couldn't quite process that he should probably thank Raine, reaffirm that she was definitely family even if not blood, do something to make it known how grateful he was. All he could do was hold her hands just the smallest bit tighter. Her getting closer was good, yet stifling at the same time. He could tell he was breathing heavier, not more panicked but like the air was thicker. Warmer.

"Yeah," Cain agreed. He could remember that. Things nearer to him than home and his life and Romulus and Remus, their ill-thought scheme that ended everything. That was easy. "You did. Following up on that now?"