<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Hey now, I’m not mean to everyone. Just the people I really like, or really don’t. Keeps everyone on their toes as to where they stand.” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He squeezed Alexi’s hand, rubbing his thumb over the back of it. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“You two and Nel are the exception to the rule. You all know where you stand with me, or lay with me, or your relative position to me when we are doing anything involving getting close.”</span>