Airy's attention turned towards the fluttering tattoo on the back of Cassidy's hand. She reached for it, gently running her pointer finger over the tattoo as the memory of that day played through her thoughts. It'd been a perfect day. "You know, I always thought that you only turned this on for me. It's a silly thing really but I wanted something special that was just ours. It doesn't feel like we have that here."

She closed her eyes and sat up straighter, shifting so that she was sitting comfortably against his side, with Cassidy's fingers lacing through hers.

"I heard and I'm scared." There was no reason not to be honest with her. "I'm younger and I know that there are a lot of things I don't understand. I really... hate this world. I talked to Matt about it you know because I always thought that sex was something that you do with the person you love but this place isn't like that...." She paused. "It kills me a little."

Airy then continued quickly, not wanting to hear Cassidy's reply until she was done. "It's hard for me to see and I'm scared that you don't love me. That Taila was right and it is just an act. I don't care if you're a monster but... it hurt to think that you might not love me. That it's the reason you don't want to try and be monogamous... even here."

That was how she saw it. If Cassidy didn't want to try and be open and honest, then how could he say he loved her? Did he really love her or was she the only one putting her heart on the line? Airy didn't want to face this yet but she didn't know what to do. She'd never had to deal with these kinds of problems before and she had no way of handling it.