It is important, Raina. Everything about you is important -- including your abilities. [It was flabbergasting to him, that she would downplay her own transformative power. After she so effusively admired the power and capability of others? There was something to be pried open, something she frantically sought to avoid.]

I -- I can appreciate your reluctance. To discuss.

[He eyed her halfway nude form, the distraction slicking over his agenda. Chilton swallowed again, and rubbed his palms up and down his thighs. He knew this was an intentional disruption, he identified her haste and strategy. He stared at her svelte, toned body.]

Because. Power can be so. Personal.