<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">Blue took Eivind's hand, seeming unsure how to answer his question, so he shrugged at first. He knew he couldn't tell the truth, and Eivind flinched when Blue spoke about what had happened to him so casually. It didn't seem right when Blue put it that way. He wasn't going to be able to do anything about it because of worry overexposing them, and for Eivind, killing Alden hadn't been enough. He might have thought it had been at the time, but the fire in his belly burned hot for revenge, especially the closer he became to Blue. The only thing that might have made him feel better was ripping out Lofgren's throat, but getting himself killed or injured was going to do neither of them any good. Still, it was the pack's responsibility to do something about it, since Blue's own couldn't handle it. They had their own laws that governed them, and generally kidnapping humans was something frowned upon. Sieger might not have wanted to face it, but Eivind wasn't going to just drop the issue. One more thing for him to deal with on his own. He didn't intend to tell Blue of any of it just yet. Most likely anything having to do with Lofgren was just going to stress him out. <br/>
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“I don't like that you have to protect him to protect us,” Eivind did share, even if they really couldn't do anything about it. Blue couldn't say the whole truth, and Eivind didn't really know how much he wanted to say anyway. Meeting them would be a good start, and if Blue decided he did need to talk about what happened with them, they could figure it out. <br/>
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“No more doing it alone then,” Eivind decided, giving him a weak smile. <br/>
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Once inside the mall, Eivind wouldn't have known where to start if it weren't for Blue. He seemed to have an idea how to navigate the chaos, and Eivind was happy to follow along. Blue was careful picking things out, and Eivind took a seat in the area next to the fitting rooms while Blue changed and made sure it worked for him. <br/>
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“You'd look good in anything here,” was about as much opinion as Eivind had in the matter of clothing. “Even better out of it,” he called to him over the top of the stall, uncaring obviously that he was flirting with his boyfriend in an occupied men's fitting room. He only had eyes for Blue, so it wasn't as if it concerned them anyway. Blue decided nothing there was suitable for Eivind, though he couldn't really discern the difference between what had been in that store and the one he found satisfactory. <br/>
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“Fits,” Eivind told about just about everything he put him in, but he learned that simply wasn't good enough. He'd open the door to stand there, so Blue could have his final inspection. Once Blue did finally found some jeans he liked him in, Eivind pulled out multiple colors of the same style, and the wolf concluded that he needed 'no more pants'.  The shoes were easier. Eivind did have an actual preference, and he picked out a nice brown leather pair of Carolina work boots. He'd never favored anything else, really. And as far as he was concerned, they worked for just about everything so long as he didn't have to attend a funeral or a wedding. <br/>
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“Can we get lunch yet? I've smelled food since we walked into this place,” Eivind requested. A break would be nice, and he didn't want Blue to overdo it, running all over the mall, trying things on, going back and forth. Eivind was okay about getting back to it, once he had a full belly again, though after being around so many strangers, he was eager to get back to the privacy of their hotel room. They still had to stop by a different place for necessities, but that was easy. Not so many options and Eivind at least knew what he was doing there. <br/>
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“When do you think you want to go see your parents?” Eivind asked, following Blue into another store. He was carrying bags, looking quite the sight tailing Blue, he was sure. “And are you just going to show up, or do you plan on calling them?”</span></span>