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A puzzled frown mars Tam's handsome face, then he growls low in his throat. "Ye wouldn't dare, cat! I'm warning ye!" and he launches himself at the lion in a do or die tickle attack in an effort to retrieve the photo from wherever it was that Kerobian had secreted it.

Tam finally concedes he's met his match in tickling and rolls to his back, gasping for air. "Alright... go ahead.. show it to the universe for all I care... no one up there knows me anymore. I got sent down here long before he started letting others in... " But something in his voice says he does care and he might be stretching the truth just a little bit here. Tam never truly lies, but he's almost as good with blurring the edges of truth as his swedh.


**I just realized I never gave a definition of swedh did I... It's a psychic partner of a sorts, with the strength of the bond ranging anywhere from a casual friendship up unto true soul-binding... a permanent highly emotional union that can't be broken. All swedh bonds are permanent though, but when a soul-mate perishes so does their other half.

"What did you do that for?" asks Tam in confusion.

**Ah, so ye figured out which one he shares... good for you... makes for difficulties true, especially since they were both exiled in the masculine form... stare Bez doesn't seem to mind, but Tam sure does. sad **

Tam smiles weakly, "Damn, I must be losing my touch. Used to be no one could tell when i fudged... thanks, Kero. There are people up there I'd rather not see that pic... and if by some odd chance Bez got a hold of it, I'd never live it down."

He smiles again, a little broader. "You are a good friend. I'm glad to have met you on my journey through this existence, truly I am."

Tam's eyes widen and he suddenly finds interest in his claws, cleaning them carefully before answering. "Is it that obvious?" he responds quietly with a hefty sigh.

Tam snorts through his nose. "That is saying he wants to be redeemed. Sometimes I think he really doesn't want to go back. But I do... someday. At least I want to know the door's still open." He looks up at Kerobian with the most serious expression the lion has ever seen on his face. "I know why I'm here... I'm not happy about it, but I know..." he says with a sour chuckle.

Tam swallows hard and looks away. "Your kidding, right? Why... why would I want to do that?" His hands are trembling and he can't sit still, he jumps up and begins to pace in circles.