Cater's expecting the continued insults, bears down that accusation of worthlessness unflinchingly...so when Rayne follows it up with encouragement, it takes him by such a shock that his smile cracks. For a quick moment, he regards Rayne with a blank, appraising look.

Rayne was offering to train with him? To be his aspiration? On one hand, it was kind of egotistical, to put himself in that position. On the other...it was pretty sweet of him, wasn't it? To give Cater a reason, if he couldn't find anything else. His smile comes back, but softer this time, not anywhere near as plastic.

"If you talk like that, you're gonna make me fall for you."

Propping his chin on his palm, his smile fills up his eyes in a way that it usually doesn't.

"Okay, deal. If you're going to be so generous, what choice do I have but to step up?"