[uncledaddy]

Eight was silent for a while. Seven was right. There was much more to the situation with Kurt than there had been with previous such encounters. He liked Kurt. He had always liked Kurt, and felt more strangely about him than anyone else. No matter how much he had hurt Kurt, or how much Kurt had hurt him, he'd looked at him with a sort of fondness which seemed to surpass simple respect or admiration for a fellow fighter. Perhaps it was love...