Alyxander looked down at Kate with a grateful expression, but his faked smile couldn't stay.<span style="font-style: italic">"Know what I do is to keep you well. The winters are long and food is scarce for vampires. Once or a twice a year only. When we get home we will talk."</span>" 'Tis not because of you that I am distant, my dear Kate. You want nothing more than the best for me, this I know true." He enjoyed her touch and was comforted a little by her embrace, just needing someone to stand by him even if he was a monster.<span style="font-style: italic">"These will cheer you up."</span>A bit of a smile quirked the corners of his lips, and Alyx followed her as she led him to the baby dragons. Reika gives him a concerned look, then glances to Kate, but doesn't question him.