( baby can sense the shift in mystery as soon as he realizes that he can't transform any part of his body like he'd been able to before. slowly, he shifts closer and lifts a hand to ease away the one tangled in those soft strands. mystery's anxiety is unmatched when he lets it go, but baby is determined to be the grounded one for a moment.

at least until he finds something else to freak out about. )

We've got each other. We're fine.

( he tries to believe that as much as he can, so it sounds genuine.

answers were never going to come if they stayed holed up in their apartment, but... they'd gotten this place and put money away for a number of contingencies. if anything, they would survive for a while without having to do anything, and he certainly isn't going to go asking the huntrix girls for help. they'd probably try to finish the job they started without a second thought.

baby kisses at mystery's fingers. ) We'll do what you said. Recover and wait it out. No one knows about this place except us.