Elizabeth had been about to say something to Aleksey when seeing the figure walk in, and she jumped when Aleksey had abruptly gotten to her feet, blinking twice though she kept her eyes on the figure. She assumed it was the father of this bunch. He looked so ill, if she were younger she'd probably had compared the man to a zombie with how awful he looked, and immediately she had pity.<br/><br/>"A pleasure to meet you too, sir.." She answered politely with a small half smile on her face, though it was hard to keep one on when she felt such pity and sadness from this man, and though she didn't know his name, she didn't need to. She jumped slightly again when Aleksey had plopped heavily back down in his seat, while she shifted uncomfortably in her own, feeling as if tension had been created from this though simply no one was mentioning it.<br/><br/>Elizabeth almost cast a look towards Aleksey's mother that would've said, 'Really?', but she was far too timid for that, and waited a minute or so after Aleksey had stalked off to the living room to stand, before she, too, stood. It took a bit of bravery to even look towards his mother, but when she did she spoke in German towards the woman, not meaning any disrespect and hoping it wouldn't get her thrown out, when she simply said, *"There's a time when things get too old.."* Simply referring to the way she'd seen her treat Aleksey- As if he were a child, in her opinion. And of course she was pretty sure her words would be disregarded, thrown out, she had felt the need to say them anyhow. Because even if they were going to be disregarded, there was always that small chance, that they'd be taken to heart, if not at least seriously.<br/><br/>After saying this, without waiting for any response to be heard, she quickly made her way to the living room to sit beside Aleksey with a small sigh of her own, gently rubbing one of his hands while the other softly rubbed his back. "It's alright.." She cooed softly to him, trying to give a comforting smile towards him at the same time. "Anything I can do to make it better...?" She gave a tender kiss to his cheek, just barely having her lips touch his skin, as if she were afraid she'd somehow manage to break him.