Alec ventured a few steps closer at the voice, close enough to see the boy seated just on the other side of the bushes. From what he could tell, he didn't appear hostile so with a few more steps Alec was free of the foliage and stood next to him. He couldn't help but grin a little at the boy's comment on eating him. Had he been in his regular form he would have laughed, but as such he merely tilted his head as though studying the boy. He left a space between them, close enough to be touched, but also far enough to step away.<br/><br/>It would be too obvious to run off now and suddenly have a human appear so soon, Alec thought. Instead he would wait, maybe slink off in a few moments and return as his normal self once some time had pasted. Maybe even circle around and come from a new direction.