For his part, Isaac was used to protecting people, and yet this was as much protection for himself as it was for Vex. This helped ground them both, in the here and now. He nodded his head briefly at the statements, gnawing on his bottom lip as he traced his fingers up Vex's firm back.

"Well you know we'd die for you ...so it's kinda a circular argument here." He finally said, lifting an eyebrow dryly. It was true, though. Darcy and he would give up control if it kept Vex from starving.

He lifted his other hand, putting it on Vex's neck. "But I get it. So much of my life - of Darcy's life ... was at the whim of other people. You don't want to put us there, you don't want to use us ...because we're different. But Sexy, we gotta figure out something."

He looked out to the woods. "Maybe we should start going out further. How much time do I have?"