The boss (Patreon)

I’m experimenting a little bit with stuff here. I want to add to it so that context-wise things make a little more sense, but I’ll explain more below.

Caine has a small history with Rouge. Mostly being manipulated and led astray until she got what she wanted out of him, then ditched altogether.

Reia, on the other hand… knowing how upset the bat made Caine in the past, is just a biiiit overprotective of her husband. And might just like to tear the wings from someone’s back over it.

Caine’s apprentice over there is more feeding off of Reia’s energy. Whisper doesn’t know all the details, but doesn’t really need to. To her, Rouge could be a threat and should be assessed as such. (Unless otherwise ordered.)

Caine’s relationship with Knuckles is far better though, and they are actually close friends, and bonded over similar traumas. Him being in trouble is a big deal to Caine, which may be the only reason Rouge is allowed to go free.