<span style="font-style: italic"> "Hello, Jayce, Kala. It's nice to see the two of you down here," she said, giving Kala a smile she hoped was warm and welcoming. She'd always been better at the mocking ones. "It's very nice to finally meet you," she added for good measure. With a quick glance through the doorway, Helena turned to Jayce with a more serious expression. "Do you think I should go check on Clay? If he's having a fit, I'm the least likely to be eaten in the process. Or would you rather do that yourself, as our caretaker?"</span><br/><br/>Jayce thought the 'caretaker' part was a stab at how she thought of him as a controlling parent. Kala called him that all the time, but he knew it was because of her innocence and she didn't know any better.<br/><br/>"You can check on him if you like." he said, "He should be fine though. He probably needs to calm down or something." he said. There was a loud burp from the couch and Jayce turned to see Matt approach.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Mateo quickly intervened, he sat his carefully tongue-cleaned plate on the ground and stood up, gave a loud burp, walked up to Kala and extended a hand "Hey!" he said a little too loudly for the situation, he personally believed that his voice just carried more, " I'm Mateo, or Matt, Matthew, whatever, you have a problem with any of these guys you can come to me, ok? " he said jokingly.... mostly, looking over at Jayce and then Helena.</span><br/><br/>"M-Matt." Kala repeated, "T-Thank you for y-your concern, however, Caretaker never bothers me. I always enjoy his c-company."<br/><br/>"Ah, getting chummy with the newbie, eh Jayce?" Drake teased, his tail poking him in the arm, "Making her feel 'welcome'?"<br/><br/>"It's not like that. She's just not used to civilized life. I'm helping her." Jayce said in defense.<br/><br/>"Must be 'convenient' that your room is right across from her, am I right?" Drake pressed. The poking got worse and now made Jayce flinch as it started to hurt.<br/><br/>"Get your mind out of the gutter, Drake." Jayce spat, batting away his poking tail, "We're just friends."<br/><br/>"Good Friends!" Kala piped up, "Family."<br/><br/>"Family?" Drake asked, surprised, "You two related?"<br/><br/>"She means close friends, Drake. Haven't you had a good friend?" Jayce asked. Drakes smile faded quickly.<br/><br/>"Not really." He said, "Who wants to hang out with a monster, Jayce? You think any of us ever had friends? If we did, it's god damn rare!" Drake turned and started poking Jayce in the shoulder. He didn't notice that his claw was rather sharp, "Be grateful you can leave this house and make friends with any Human out there! It's not as convenient for us in here!" His anger faded for a moment when he realized Jayce was wincing and holding Drake's wrist. He had poked a little too hard and his index claw had penetrated his t-shirt and broke the skin. His white shirt now slowly turning red around his claw, "Oh shit. I'm sorry man. I didn't mean to do that! I just got a little carried away."<br/><br/>Jayce held his shoulder and backed away, accidentally bumping into Kala behind him who turned him around to see the blood.<br/><br/>"What have you done to Caretaker?!" she exclaimed, then hugged him tightly, making Jayce flail for a moment, trying to breathe but gave up in the end to make her grip relax enough for him to get some air, "You damaged him!"<br/><br/>"I said I was sorry!" Drake exclaimed, "I didn't mean it!"<br/><br/>"There is no excuse! Your anger has damaged him!" she protested.<br/><br/>"Kala!" Jayce shouted, finally able to escape her grip, "It's alright. He didn't mean it."<br/><br/>"Jayce?" Drake said, confused, "You're not mad?"<br/><br/>"This is why I came out to get to know you guys. This was an accident." he said, "No big deal. It's just a scratch. Just a little blood. No big deal..."