"Of course," Rook admits without bothering to hide the levity in that statement, pale eyes shifting down to the gumbo on Ulysse's plate and then back up to those midnight eyes. "Like I said, it becomes your life and changing that thought process just like that is like trying to reinvent life as a whole."

He shrugs again, this time with a twitch at the corners of his mouth, amused.

"You've kind of given me a half-way house for the whole process. Maybe I should take you dancing one day as a thank you."