Looking as though she were about to take the book back when Aleksey had taken it, Elizabeth stood there after a moment, almost cautiously watching him flip through the pages of the book, as if afraid he'd some how ruin it. The book was some what thick, the pages and the book itself looking rather old. It had been her grandmothers, from her mothers side, the side she never got to see. Filled in it's many pages were different stories and such of what creatures had always been imagined to be out there- Werewolves, vampires, fairies, all of them. Though of course, being a human, Elizabeth didn't really believe in any of that. It was just... Something she used to escape the real world, to launch her back into her imaginative world where nothing ever went wrong.<br/><br/>Gladly she took the book back from him, immediately hugging it against her chest again. She didn't speak until he had mentioned something about family. "Then I guess I'm not like the other students here." She said rather matter of factly, though her tone never changed, and stayed soft, pleasant to the ear. "I've seen enough of all of these little 'families'. Even if a family isn't real- There are always problems." She paused a moment.<br/><br/>"I don't want to join in any of these because all of them are stereotypical in some way or another. Saying you've got to stay loyal to certain people, but ignore and treat others as if they're dirt when they hadn't done a thing wrong, and you don't even know them. There's almost always a catch, too. Saying that you can't talk to certain people, or you can't do certain things that are questionable beyond belief." She paused again, almost seeming to frown.<br/><br/>"I've been in enough 'families'. I don't like relying on anyone but myself. When you do you're always bound to be let down or hurt." She took a small step back, then giving a small nod of her head as if to say goodbye without needing words, flashing another small smile. "Thank you, anyways. At least I know two people's names now."