[ If it was weird to find comfort in that kinship then Seth was weird right there with her. That part seemed... right. Commiserating over going through hell created something of an understanding. In part, that was the reason his cuddlr was blunt. No one needed to mistake his presence as anything more than means to an end.

Finding Kate in Eudio had thrown enough of a curve ball at him. Cashmere was... engaging, to say the least. He wasn't sure yet what to think of her. Outwardly beautiful while internally broken? That was a way he would consider describing the preacher's daughter.

Seth had moved from sitting lounged back to slightly hunched forward over the table, his glass cradled between his hands with forearms perched on the table surface. His gaze hadn't wavered from the blonde in front of him. ]

You can say that again. I don't know if a promise to... [ He couldn't help but make a face at the one word that came out next. ] cuddle more will get them to bring my brother here too. Or at least let me see that he's okay.