I typically do. [ Sylvain's voice is wry at that admission. ] No strings attached is safer all around, back where I come from.

[ Mostly if you had an unwanted responsibility looming in your future like a noose ready to hang you. Or maybe he's just being overly dramatic.

He grins as he takes in the face - or what he can see of it through the whole, his fingers still caught, his knuckles kissed. He doesn't blush - he rarely does - but his eyes darken a shade with interest. ]

I feel like stepping out there still wouldn't be productive in doing more than coming face to face. But I suppose I could come join you. I didn't really find what I was looking for over here anyway...