Alyxander nearly collapsed as the chains were released and he was freed. However, he was a little bit wary of this whole thing; what exactly was the girl doing here? Why had she come to save him? Again his thoughts wandered to the possibility that all of this was just a figment of his imagination... and that was becoming more and more believable with every passing second.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Easy now.. slowly drink..it's warmer than your used to."</span><br/><br/>He winces at first as something is put against his lips. But after a second he carefully takes in some of the food, coughing a little and turning his head away as he swallows too quickly. He felt a strange warmth flow through him, the pain fading little by little until it was dulled greatly; though still he was weak and struggling to stay away and fully conscious... which he wasn't really, still half in a haze of suffering and helplessness from the wounds he had endured.<span style="font-style: italic">"Don't even try to stand. Eat a bite or two."</span>Alyx glances down as he feels something in his hands, finding that it was bits of apple. weakly managing to raise a shaking hand to his mouth to put a small piece in, slowly chewing and being careful not to choke like he had before.