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"i'm finding very little to be obvious with you," he says with the barest suggestion of a smile, a hint of tooth. "but if it's a story you have to share here, by all means."  in a way this has brought them full circle to samothes' original question -- whether it will bear fruit this time remains to be seen. but even if this is barren ground he is reluctant to part from it, the adrenaline addictive. what is a stable home in ice compared to this?