Aries waited for Luca to tell him to kill the man bellow him, he fully expected it, but when he was told to wait, the soft hand on his shoulder, he nodded... Even though he hadn't looked to Luca yet, even though he couldn't, he did release the hunter's throat and the man coughed and sputtered, but Aries remainder perched atop him just in case... He didn't trust Alex not to harm Luca if the vampire just released him completely. Alex noted this, and he really did wonder if he was going to be able to get out of this... His only chance was winning Aries over, even if it was just to let him leave alive.<br/><br/>He looked back up to Luca and managed a crooked grin. "That's what this monster is good for. You haven't listened to him at all, have you? He wants to repent for his sins and all that... What better way then helping the human race?" Alex replied easily. If they stayed focused on Aries then the vampire was less likely to get angry again... Though Alex was sure that if the vampire heard that he was behind Luca's current state directly then he'd lose all hope.<br/><br/>"As for my "lackeys"... Just how many innocent people have you killed just to get Aries back?" He asked, a smirk crossing his lips. Aries blinked... Did Luca really kill people,<i>humans</i>, because of him? He didn't want to imagine that but... But... Here Luca was. Aries' fingers coiled in the fabric of his sweatshirt, his eyes unfocused and wide, but... He knew that Luca must have done it because he had to, right? Right. Because Luca was... Luca... And Aries knew just how kind he was, just how frighteningly kind... And he could also see how weak Luca was right now.<br/><br/>"You agree with me too, right Aries? I don't know what you think I did to him, but i've been with you the whole time, right? I wasn't the one who hurt him. And you know it's not right to kill humans, right?" Alex pressed, smiling to Aries who looked to him with pained stormy eyes. He didn't want to see humans hurt, he loved humans but... But Aries glanced away from Alex and stared at the cement instead, the hunter going a bit pale... "Why?" He asked roughly. "Why do you believe this blood rite brat over me?" He asked loudly, but Aries just shook his head, he couldn't tell him why because it felt selfish, it felt wrong... Aries just... He just wanted to believe Luca.