Ian gave way for his leader to carry Alice without any problem, in fact he was happy for it. He had offered to do it himself simply because he happened to be the first to speak up about it to her. She was on edge and not too happy to be by them so his attempts were to make her as comfortable and content as possible, given the situation.<br/><br/>He had made it plainly obvious to the others that he was open to their suggestions so if Rich were to bark at him over this later, he would surely stand up for himself. Though Rich might be the boss around here, Ian feels no need to be in the place of a child - not speaking unless spoken to, and he had let the pack know that from the beginning. He'd give Rich credit where it was due and certainly respect, but there was no way that he was going to become a slave beneath him.<br/><br/>Moving back so that the Alpha could approach the new girl, Ian looked skeptical at the situation. Rich was always a bit kurt, rude and demanding at times even, so seeing him speak to Alice this way made Ian wonder what his exact intentions were. Ian could only be half-certain the other two had actually come out to save the mystery lycan, as Rich could just as easily have taken off only to chew him out and Talton's attitude was not much better than Rich's.<br/><br/>His beliefs and personality differed so much with theirs that, sometimes, he wondered if he'd be better off on his own rather than being beneath the two of them in the pack.<br/><br/>Shaking his head, Ian set a quick pace back towards home. He was confident Rich wouldn't harm Alice, now that she was going along with his plan, anyway.<br/>