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For most of their time at home, Fallim and Alleia did what Rodin would consider normal long-term couple things. They sat and talked, ate together, went out—although they never stayed out long—and slept together. Watching their activities for a few days, Rodin got the impression that they had long ago settled into a routine where work provided their main stimuli, with home life a pleasant kind of dull. They would give the occasional cuddle, but if Rodin had expected to see any activity in the bedroom, he was mistaken. They went to bed to sleep, and that was it.
But on the fourth day of his observations, their routine was broken. Over the evening, they received a call from a young woman. She looked out of place as she waited by the gate—Rodin had an excellent view of her thr
