Traveling to far off exotic places, meeting interesting people-

Fifteen becomes twenty- twenty becomes twenty five as Zevran continues to work across the skin of Cade's back, watching his breath even out, watching him shift from here to that safe, floating space where nothing and no one may touch him. Until he is given sign that Cade cannot stand this any longer-

Or he breaks skin-

Or he hits the count of forty-

Zevran shall continue.