Intimacy was something neither one of them was good at - hell Darcy was the best at it and she could be off on her own planet sometimes. The two of them together though -- it was a whole new level of knowing someone better than they knew themselves. He liked these moments, standing so close to someone, knowing he could kiss him, fuck him, whatever, but just being happy to be ... held. Without anything else being needed.

It was that intimacy that allowed him to curl his fingers around Vex's hips, a faint frown working over his face. "...okay, so using the Mesmer, it's basically bad control, where you make them ... your puppet, and that's the only way is for you to feed?"