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Uvarovite had bunkered down and buried himself in his work once again. She chose not to press it at first, knowing that there were things she could do nothing to keep him from. He would chase his demons and capture his monsters in an attempt to push himself further, to make himself better just as they all did. He sought power and a means to end their opposition while she sought serenity and a way to guarantee the safety of those she held dear-- two sides to the same coin, when it all boiled down.

This time she'd granted him the space he needed to conduct his experiments without her interference, lending her the hands of their lieutenants when she was not in need of them. She requested only that they keep her appraised of Uvarovite's well-being. If he was pushing himself too far, edging too close to the edge of sanity, she wanted to be made aware of it. She needed to know that she could still draw him back from whatever it was he was up to.

Two days into the experiments, nearing on the third, Tourmaline made a trip down to Uvarovite's office. The door had been left ajar and she took that as an invitation over knocking, making her way over to the desk where her lover sat reading over notes, flipping between pages of scribbled information to compare data. It would need to be entered into his system later, some of it filed as reports for the higher-ups to read while others disappeared into his private research folder that she made a point to ask nothing about.

Tourmaline reached out once she was by his side, gently resting her fingers on his arm. "You'll look on this better with a clear head in the morning... Come with me?"

"When do I not have a need for you?" Her voice was soft, traces of light amusement masking most of her concern as she leaned in to brush her lips to his temple before giving him room to clean up his space. "Whatever it is that you are looking for will still be there tomorrow, and with a bit of rest you might be able to see it more clearly. The last piece of the puzzle will just pop and you'll know what you need to do."

If it weren't for knowing that at least a part of the effort he put into the experiments he did was to find a way to strengthen himself to better protect her and theirs she might have stopped him sooner. As it was, he had not yet pushed himself quite as far as he had after his mother's passing. She wasn't afraid that she might lose him now as she had been then.

"I've been busy while you've been cooped up here, trying to find ways to stay out of your hair. I think I may have finally found what I was looking for down in the Rift. That's cause enough for a celebration of sorts, isn't it? I was thinking dinner for two and then a nice, relaxing shower or soak in the tub... Something to take us away from here, just for a little bit." She had pondered packing a small to-go back and booking a hotel overseas for the night, but what she really wanted more than anything was to just have Kian home.

"I hadn't made reservations yet, no. I thought I would wait to see whether or not you were in the mood to go out or if you'd prefer a nice, quiet night in." Once Uvarovite was on his feet Tourmaline stepped closer to him again, reaching up to gently brush fingers through silver strands of hair. Her head tilted enough that she could meet his gaze, holding his green eyes with her own before leaning in to brush a light kiss to his lips.

"Come home with me and we'll discuss it there. Rest your beautiful eyes and your brilliant mind and come back to it tomorrow... You'll find what you're looking for. You always do."