Both Bran and Meztli stepped back a little at Alek's violent growl, it wasn't that they were scared of him, but if he suddenly attacked it would be better if they had a little room to react. "Alek," Bran said in a calm, commanding tone, "control yourself, you're surrounded by family, there are no enemies here."<br/><br/>"Good," Æsc said with a smile, "I like it when your glad. It makes me glad too." He chuckled softly and kissed her nose. He did in fact know she enjoyed him playing with her hair, and he enjoyed playing with it, he loved the feel of it in his fingers and the feel as it ran over his skin, plus the color against his pale skin, so it was really a win-win situation when he got to play with it.