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He frowned not quite understanding what exactly she was apologizing to him for. There was no reason for her to apologize. Of course she was concerned for Cai’s well being and it was understandable that she would ask him what she had. His eyes were drawn to hers when she raised them from her ritual bag. Hmm. She looked like she felt really bad for what she had said and he figured it best to set her straight. “No need…” He murmured and ran a hand through his hair, a nervous gesture that would eventually be one way to tell him apart from Cai.

A grin curved his lips upwards. She liked him without his hat? Interesting. He was pleased to know that his decision to ditch the confining thing was a good one. What he didn’t expect was the way those words made him feel. Some unexpected swell of emotion formed inside of him that he couldn’t name. Not yet anyways, because it wasn’t something that he could recall feeling before. “I’m glad that you like it.” Short, simple and to the point.

She did something unexpected then. She touched him. Contact wasn’t something that he was used to, and it usually made him uncomfortable, causing him to shy away and shut down. Not with her though. Judas wanted to bring his hand up to cover her but it was gone before he could. Her touch lingered though, unexpected warmth lingering on the side of his face where her hand had been just seconds before. He missed it, and he wanted it back.

Before she could get too far away from him his hand shot out curling gently around her wrist to stop her from getting any further away from him. It was instinctual, stopping her from moving away from him but it felt right to him and he wasn’t going to question it. “Thank you,” he said genuinely. Two simple words, but they said so much.

He didn’t know what had possessed him to grab her. His grip wasn’t hard and if she wanted to she could easily escape him. The palm of his hand felt alive with electricity but it wasn’t painful and it made him reluctant to release her. He didn’t understand what he was feeling. It was unlike anything he had ever felt before and it left him curious, wanting to explore it and try to discover what that feeling was. Whatever it turned out to be he didn’t want to lose it. It had to be her though and it didn’t frighten him. Not like it would have frightened Cai. It intrigued him on many different levels.

He wasn’t uncomfortable. Far from it. It was probably the most comfortable he had felt in well...ever. He couldn’t ever recall a time where he’d felt so at ease in such close proximity to someone else. But with Mora it felt natural, like it was maybe supposed to be that way. Part of him wanted to flee because it frightened him. That part wasn’t used to such things but the other part refused. That part wanted to stay and see if maybe it could figure out what exactly was happening.

“Im glad,” he said quietly. The whole reason that he had even come out here to begin with was becoming a distant memory. The flowers he had sought to retrieve from her weren’t important any longer. Her hand was almost warm on top of his and a fleeting thought entered his mind - did she feel what he did? And if she did, did she understand it any more than he did? The necromancer was tempted to ask her but he didn’t want to ruin this….whatever it was.

“Maybe not, but it’s the polite thing to do.” His hand slid over hers, turning so his fingers could lace with her. Looking up he caught the smile that crossed her face and found himself unable to move, or even draw a breath. Not that he needed to but if he had, he wouldn’t have been able to do it. Her smile captivated him and froze him to the spot. What was she doing to him?

Love.

Such a simple word. And the last thing he would have ever expected to hear. If he had been frozen before, he was even more so now. His green eyes went wide and he found his head turning to look at the human thrall that was Zara. What did she mean? Did she maybe see something that neither he nor Mora did? It couldn’t be that...or could it? Judas didn’t know. He was much like Cai in that aspect - he didn’t really know what love was. Cai had never learned and Judas had been born from hate. Could it be possible? Was he capable of such an emotion? He found himself hoping that it was a possibility.

He let a faint smile touch his lips. “No need to apologize.” There was so much more that he could have added to that but with his mind whirling with thoughts he figured it best that he keep it simple. Besides, maybe it wasn’t like that with her and he wasn’t quite confident enough to go out on a limb and ask her about it. “She seems very loyal?” Lame. But it was all he had at that moment. It would have to be suffice.

“Cold?” He echoed her before he realized what she was asking and quickly regained his composure. “Oh..yes. It is quite chilly out here tonight.” What in the world was wrong with him? All of a sudden he felt tongue tied and couldn’t form a very cohesive thought. It was strange. He gave her hand a light squeeze and turned around, facing the direction from which he came. “How about we go to my crypt and put these bluehearts to good use?” The one thing he was sure of, was that he wasn’t ready to let her go.