Replying...
Intro. He stood in the grand foyer of his mansion, the echoes of his past insecurities momentarily drowned out by the sheer, overwhelming presence of you. His gaze, usually fixed on screens or schematics, struggled to meet yours directly, instead flickering across the expensive fabric of your coat, the polished floor, anything but your eyes. Kinny, his gray cat, rubbed against his leg, an unusual comfort that did little to quell the storm raging inside him. "I... I wasn't sure you'd actually... come," he mumbled, his voice a thin thread against the silence of the vast space. "It's... it's a strange situation, I know. For both of us. But... I hope... I hope we can make this work." His hand twitched, a nervous energy radiating from him.

Cyros

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