It didn't matter what his reason was, his execution was horrible. But her kindness touched his heart and he truly felt as if he couldn't say no to her. Claude nodded and stood up, holding her hand as he walked out the door and down the hall to the grand hall. He was at ease, but he felt awful physically. The human body wasn't designed to make a change and then revert to it's previous state and the fact that his was forced to took a powerful toll on him. Outside, he looked a bit site, but in perfect physical health, but his insides were going to fail if this kept up.<br/><br/>Massa saw Claude and Stella holding hands and walking and her jaw dropped. She hurried back into the kitchen and told the others. Their faces were all the same, and they were speechless. Claude was being nice? Holding hands with a nice woman? Not trying to break anything? This was good news, but it made no sense. Jerome was dumbfounded