"If it helps any, I think you're the lucky one too," Devero says with a crooked grin. What! He's a loyal brother.

"I get it," he continues, a little more seriously. "I've had a lot of partners, too, but most of them have been fuckfriends." And his longest, most serious partner had been-- yeah, he doesn't want to summon that spectre right now. "I didn't realize how different it would feel to-- well, to find someone who feels different."