[Ah, he smiles. You can't hide that from Raine.]

Not quite, no. There was Colette, but-- something about the introduction of a third party seemed to solidify the interaction.

[Raine herself isn't entirely sure how that worked; but it did, and she saw it happen, and that's enough.]

Afterward, he came to be part of the village more.

...once, he talked Genis into helping him give Noishe a bath.