Aries dozed for perhaps longer than expected, but his body had clearly been content with a good meal and a warm body to snuggle against. When was the last time he'd been close to someone like this...? It was that thought which he woke to and his eyes opened to stare sullenly at the far wall before he rubbed at them and glanced to the tv and noted that he'd slept at least a couple of hours.<br/><br/>His cheeks still felt a little wet and sticky from his tears and he could taste the sweet metallic taste of blood on his lips as well, but for the moment he felt... Stable. He wasn't careening towards the cliff anymore, at least for now. He noted the arm around him get a bit snug and he carefully squirmed his way out from the other's gentle hold and stretched as he considered what he should do now.<br/><br/>It only took a moment for him to get a decent idea, rolling up his sleeve a bit before biting his own forearm, just enough to puncture the skin before releasing it and watching the blood trickle out before the wounds healed... So his healing ability really was directly linked to his feeding... Well, now he knew just how quickly his well-fed body could manage itself at least. He looked to the scars on his wrist before pulling his sleeve back over them... it was almost a shame he hadn't been turned sooner, though he didn't think he actually wanted that.<br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/>Sage entered the bar and glanced around, finding the doctor in question without too much trouble. He knew the gist already... There were too many new fledglings, all left abandoned without the vampire at fault anywhere to be seen. It was honestly a rather rare thing, usually in his experience there were corpses, not new vampires... And it wasn't as though it was easy to change someone on accident either. Why go through the effort just to leave them?<br/><br/>Well, he supposed that was what he'd be finding out, or at least trying to. Was it one vampire? Or just a fluke? It was always possible that it was more than a singular one, and that there were simply some vampires testing out their abilities due to inexperience or boredom... But regardless, they couldn't be allowed to continue.<br/><br/>So he took his seat next to Alex, his own crimson eyes falling on the other as he gave a polite nod in greeting. He didn't smile, but he didn't frown either... Always wearing a rather stoic expression aside from the slight variations in his red eyes. "So I assume you are hoping I'll have more information than you this evening?" He asked, watching the other sip his drink as he figured they could get right on to business. "However, as usual, I would prefer to hear from you first." He added, his tone calm. He always felt it was best to know what the other party thought before he truly organized his thoughts and gave his report... Though perhaps some might find it tedious, he'd found that once he became a hunter there were less who chastised him for it... But Alex was one of the few who seemed to treat him as a proper equal since he'd come to this city, and so he held a respect for him.