"I don't know. We are often drawn to things inexplicably, without any true explanation." Vanessa chuckles, gesturing to him. "You are incredibly foreign to me, after all. But I have always been drawn to the other." For better or worse. But she is the 'other' in many ways, even if it does not show outwardly, like it does with Javik.

She lets out a breath through her nose, working through her wine, debating when and if she should try her hand at a greater move.