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point Dane in the right direction.
    Sometimes Mercury thought he had been hired so the SupFeds could prove how diverse they were in their hiring practices. He was the only dragon on staff and the vast majority of his colleagues were human. Other times Mercury wondered if they were using him to watch Dane. Someone had to know that Dane wasn't a mere human or an ordinary supernatural creature, and once they realized that Dane was involved with Mercury, they probably thought they could somehow keep better watch on Dane's activities through him. Mercury wasn't certain whether that meant they thought he would disclose information about Dane—which he wouldn't—or whether they just wanted a firmer connection with Dane. Mercury wondered if they also realized Dane was using Mercury to keep a better watch on them in return.
    "Yay, we're going on a picnic," Dane deadpanned with a heavy sigh. "You bring Lumie's picnic basket and I'll sneak us a pizza."
    "You don't think Lumie's picnic is going to be delicious?" Mercury asked. He couldn't help teasing Dane. It made Dane's beautiful face scrunch in the most interesting expressions of disconcertion and disgust.
    "Lumie cooked it himself," Dane groaned. He buried his head under the pillow again as he spoke. "There's no telling what's actually in it or whether anything will be edible. I think Daisy just left Lumie to it and only supervised enough that I wouldn't need to replace another oven."
    "It'll be an adventure," Mercury declared. Dane just grumbled incoherently into the pillow.
    It certainly would be, Mercury knew. Dane was right: there was no telling what Lumie had put into the picnic basket. It could be something dangerous or poisonous for all he knew. Yet, if they ditched the food somewhere and got a pizza instead, Lumie would somehow know and hate them forever.
    "So how did your search go today?" Mercury asked, hoping that changing the subject would get his own mind off of his fears over Lumie's picnic.
    The pillow covering Dane's face didn't move and Dane's breathing halted for a long moment. It was almost as if Dane were embarrassed, which wasn't an emotion Mercury saw from him a lot. He mumbled something so softly that Mercury couldn't hear what he said through the pillow.
    "What?" Mercury asked. This time he kept his smile in check. As funny as it was to see Dane out of his element, the topic was far too serious to tease him over. They had to find those dragons before the enemy did.
    Dane slowly pulled the pillow away. "I'm an idiot," he repeated scathingly. "The mother dragon wouldn't stay in pack territory. She moved on while I've been uselessly searching the wrong area."
    Mercury hadn't thought of that either. It was common sense that a dragon would want to leave someone else's territory as quickly as possible and Mercury hadn't thought to mention it, or honestly even thought of it at all, the last time Dane had mentioned his search.
    "So you were figuring out where to restart your search when I interrupted you?" Mercury wiggled his eyebrows to let Dane know exactly the type of interrupting he meant. Dane's grin was a little sharp as memory quickly surfaced.
    "I've got it all figured out. Now, come here so I can figure you out too."
    Mercury laughed and let Dane pull him close so their naked bodies still slick and warm from just a few minutes before could press together. Mercury bent down to kiss Dane, and when Dane's hand landed on his butt and squeezed, Mercury smiled.
    *~*~*
    Dane put on his sturdy boots with his outfit that morning while Mercury was contemplating actually wearing a tie. His kits would tug on it and choke him. Besides, he only wore a tie when he had a meeting with his boss. Wearing it today just because he was going to take a long lunch would probably raise some red flags.
    Mercury got away with dodging the business professional dress code because he growled at anyone who mentioned it to him. It probably fell under some species awareness law so the HR