Rex still wasn't completely sold on the idea, despite the nice words and gentle touches. They were wearing him down, certainly, but Rex was still leery that this would signify some kind of power shift between them. Granted, their entire way of living right now was a power shift. As a warden, Iago had the influence, the resources, the purpose, while Rex was the dependent. Now their roles were reversed, and Rex preferred it-- not the unhappiness that unemployment brought Iago, no, and not even the dependence, so much as the fact that he, Rex, was finally standing up on his own. If he ceded the finances over to Iago, how much would that be like putting a leash around his neck?

But then... he trusted Iago. Aside from Ana, the Doctor... Iago was the only person he trusted. Certainly the only person in Baedal.

Rex looked up, his eyes meeting Iago's.

"You won't write the cat out of the budget, you know."