Havoc watched her begin unclothing in front of him like it was nothing, he saw it as adorable. Made him feel like a guardian of her innocence. He wondered if that would be a challenge or not, not that Havoc ever ran from a challenge, he embraced it as a learning experience. The only thing he feared was not doing enough to keep Auxana safe, that innocence and ignorance could get her in trouble. Even if she could handle herself or if he could take on the aftermath, the situation itself might be upseting, which he wouldn't want for her. So he had to really be on his toes about things like her stripping in public.<br/><br/>Looking at her now with this new outfit, Havoc loved it and his face reflected that. It just looked right in his mind, he could explain it no other way, and it looked even more right on Auxana. Though he could also tell that Auxana would look very fetching in it to everyone, and that would mean guarding her from other guys too. He then thought that atleast anyone seeing them exit the stall together would think them married or something of that nature, so Auxana would be off limits. This made him cringe, something had been bothering him for a while. He had been analyzing what Auxana had said while she mysterously had the ability to for a short time. For one he didn't like that, whoever did that for her could use that as leverage on her to do something unsafe.<br/><br/>Her words were inteligiently said and yet still very innocent. For he knew that Auxana was smart, yet still innocent inside, her not being able to speak english very well was not an intelligience problem, so it was also not a permanent problem. Havoc had thought about some of the things she said, about how much he meant to her, more than Acah had. How she had wanted him to do what he did because of who he was. All of that was said in innocence and not really in knowledge. For one her not knowing why Acah did what he did was in innocence, and logically, none of those things that happened, by Acah or him or anyone else, was Auxana's fault. They were crimes, that's a fact, to say oh since she did this or acted like that or wore this, or I saw her naked and thought that must be an inventation or some shit is all wrong. It doesn't matter what Auxana did in not knowing, what was done by others, and him, was wrong. Now Havoc didn't put himself as a criminal for two reasons, one: he didn't know either, maybe he should have, but it wasn't till he saw the dream with Acah did he really see it. Second, she wanted to feel the way he made her feel and had no problem with him being the one to cause it, which was concent, sort of, knowing what he did now he would not do it again.<br/><br/>Auxana had said she loved him, after he said so to her. Havoc didn't think she understood what that meant, as much as she didn't know the difference between someone who cares for you and someone who only wants things from you. Havoc saw it that there was a lot of stuff like that she didn't know, which was where her innocence lies, it wasn't wrong of her, only dangerous, which is where he came in. He would protect her, because he was sure that he loved her, at least in what love meant to him, he was prepared to Unite with her. But she should not Unite with him, not only because she didn't know what it was or what it meant, but because that was a burden he would not place on her. That's why he cringed from the idea of them being seen as United or whatever people not from the academy called it. Because Auxana didn't truly know what that or love meant, and even if she did, her innocence would get in the way of really understanding, he was sure of it. After all, he saw it that her innocence is what kept her from running away from him like a vampire from sunlight. He belivedd he was fooling himself to think this would last, but his depression taught him not to worry about the bad moments to come but the good moments you had now, especially since that bad moments were usually far more common than good ones.<br/><br/>Havoc snapped out of his thinking and back to reality as she thanked him, he smiled back at her. "You're welcome." Havoc was reflecting on how wonderful Auxana's innocence was when he saw her begin to cry and could see the sadness in her eyes. His heart gave a start, he had to take a second to steady himself and think of what was going on. Nothing was happening so it was all inside. He rushed over to her, and gave her a hug. "Hey, it's okay, I don't know what's going on in that beautiful head of yours, but let me tell you some general facts. Things can be awful, a lot, but you have to remember the times that aren't and remember there will be more times that are good, you just have to get yourself to them. And don't let worrying about the past or future get you sad in the now. Getting through the now to good times is all that matters, if they aren't here now, just get through each day until they are. If they are here now, don't worry about them running away from you, if it happens then you just move on from there, but until then, enjoy what you've got. All of that is what I keep telling myself, I've got you, so I shouldn't worry about you dissapearing one night, I'm trying to enjoy being with you for as long as I can. My good moments are here right now, and I want to do everything I can to let you find good moments too. That's all that matters to me, if there is anything I can do, tell me and I'll do it. Until then, I will always be by your side trying to help you through the now." He gave her a light squeeze before kissing her on the cheek. "Everything will be alright, trust me."<br/><br/>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>I would rather shoulder this guilt than you have to, he thought to himself. Even others he'd rather shoulder their guilt than consider whether or not he should be mad at them for playing a part. Carmichael was heavily to blame, he could have jumped in and taken Norah down, even in that form, worst case scenario would be he needed some of the others help, but he would have been sane in it. He made Kryban do it instead, he didn't know Kryban would cause that much damage to Norah. Kryban always had a knack for surprising Carmichael with what he can do. She did make a lot of sense to him though, made him feel a little better about it all.<br/><br/>When she spoke about being bloodskin his heart plummeted, his face turned stone cold, he did not seem himself. "I am so sorry Norah, evil like that should have never touched you. Vampires like that, they are never your friend, never care for you, they know how to trick you into thinking they do, they know how to make you care for them. They are never good, they just know how to fake it. Please, tell me this vampire's name." Kryban usually had a black and white view of things, but rarely to this extent. However this subject hit him particularly hard. Kryban had sired one vampire, he did it to save the boy's life and it was a mistake. By the time he found out that he took people as bloodskins, he was long gone. "And I will prove to you how strong I am by resisting the withdrawals, your blood is yours, I would not dream of taking it from you." No vampire would be able to resist the withrawals, his only hope would be to bear through it while in heavy silver shackles.