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He had no idea in hell what it meant, and even the question confused him.  The confident look faltered as he was surprised into having to actually think about it for a hot second.  What was she talking about?

The question didn't make sense, and he couldn't squeeze any out of it.  It meant she'd asked him to stay.  It meant exactly what it said.  Was he supposed to read her fuckin mind and figure out why she'd said it?  Baffled, he shrugged.  It wasn't a statement he'd ever received sincerely before, so maybe it was some weird pack thing that he just didn't gel with.  The purpose of the challenge was to make it mean something to her, but she'd turned it on him and he was a little at a loss for how to respond.

An awkwardly long moment passed while gears ground slowly in his head.  The obvious answer was 'nothing', but fuck if he was going to say that.  He didn't have to be a genius to know that was a shit answer.  Look, why did it matter?  She wasn't askin, and like usual, the charm was just a stepping stone.  Look, I aint got the foggiest fuckin clue what that means.  He finally said, shaking his head.  Better than nothing at least.

Felt like he should say something after, too, but he was startin to wonder what exactly this woman's deal was.  Look, Zane had met two types of girls in his lifetime; the ones who told him to gtfo and the ones who didn't.  In either case, he'd never stuck around for any of them to try and 'figure' him out.  He didn't have friends, didn't have much use for self-evaluation, and was definitely twitchy beneath her attention now.