[ Desire has the same concern, but he doesn't want to think that something could be seriously wrong with Ren. Or worse... what if Trip and Virus had taken him and he just hadn't found him?

He very gently runs his fingers through Aoba's hair, sighing softly. ]

You mean those two assholes? [ He shrugs. ] They kept all your other stuff in working order so if they had Ren... hopefully they'd not damage him or anythin'.

[ The more he thought about it, though, the less likely it seemed that they would have had Ren. If they did, surely they would've used him as a way to torture them since they knew very well how important Ren is to them. ]