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Alex followed behind Yin, not wanting to be left alone after such a traumatic experience even if the other boil was holding the cause of said trauma. "Are--are you planning on going back to sleep right away or will you be up for awhile?" He asked, still not at all sure of what the time was.

"I just..I don't want to be alone right now.." He muttered quietly, feeling fairly ashamed as he struggled to keep up with Yin but stared down at the floor.

"And I don't think she would intentionally hurt me. You're right, she was just too cold in my room. I--I brought the pamphlet so we can read more about her..." he felt like he was rambling, a little desperately, as though he were afraid Yin was going to abandon him now, even though the weremantis had pretty much invited Alex back to his room if he wanted to go. His voice was obviously panicked again, though, and he almost wanted to reach out to grab at Yin and stop him.

Alex's panic began to ease as Yin assured him that he would not be going to bed right away and that the zomboil could indeed accompany him back to his room. "I...I wish she hadn't turned out the way she is...I'm going to miss having her around." He admitted. She had been perhaps the friendliest and most personable pet he'd ever had. Even the scentem death, who occasionally would attempt to take a bite out of Alex when he was particularly hungry, was not nearly so affectionate as Terror had been.

Alex followed Yin outside, eagerly taking the offered hand, his own hands still trembling faintly but it subsided quickly once they got on their way. It was like a huge weight had been lifted, knowing that his room had not been completely destroyed, his pets were safe, the undead dorms were not going to be burnt down because of Alex, and the vaisel was being handled by Yin, who had not even hesitated to help Alexander in his time of need. Yin may have felt ridiculous thinking about leaning into Alex, but the zomboil held no such qualms and found himself wishing he weren't quite so tall so he could rest his own head against Yin's shoulder. He really felt as though he had the best and most perfect boilfriend ever in that moment.

"Well...she's probably easily trainable...she seems fairly intelligent at least. But the shop sold me something different then what they told me I was paying for. They should definitely be contacted about it." Alex was determined on that front. He was going to give them a piece of his mind.

As to Yin's other comment...well, if Yin wasn't so weird about physical contact, Alex might have been able to think of something to do in his room. As it was though, those thoughts didn't even register in the zomboils mind because they were just too unobtainable at this point to even imagine. So Alex actually laughed, though only a little. "Maybe I should start bringing some of my books over and leaving them so I have something to do." he teased. "Then I wouldn't have to leave." He also meant it as a joke, since of course he had to leave at some point. It wouldn't do for him to sit there all night long while Yin slept.

"I can just call them." He shrugged, "But of course, if I want a refund I'll have to take her back." He really didn't want to have to do that, though, and the thought of having to do so left him feeling very hallow inside. She was just such a good pet. Why did she have to be a fire type? Whhhhyyyy?

He trudged along in sudden silence, wondering if he had said something to upset Yin for him to become so quiet. Just when he was about to open his mouth to start up a new topic of conversation, the weremantis spoke.

Well, obviously they would go in a specified place! All of Alex's books were well kept, and stayed in a bookshelf in his room, the exception being whichever one he might currently be reading, and even then he tended to keep them carefully bookmarked and placed where they would not come to any harm from his pets. It was just everything else Alex didn't really take care of, including himself. Was Yin trying to hint at something? His tone sounded suspiciously like the one his mom used to use before telling him to clean his room. Well, Alex was having none of that! He had already started showering more regularly and cleaning his clothes. His room was his filthy haven, and it was going to stay that way!

Sometimes Alex just felt very stubborn. This was one of those times, and Yin hadn't even made the suggestion yet.

"Of course.." he mumbled, suddenly feeling very sullen, and possibly a little sulky. All from a tone of voice? Yep. After that it was an incredibly quiet walk to the monster dorms, and back to Yin's bedroom.

Alex followed Yin into the room, moving to the side so that Yin could shut the door behind him, and smiling at the little runic vaisel that toddled out to greet the fiery ghoul. Alex still wasn't completely comfortable around her, but at least she looked a little less...hot, at the moment, and that had to be a good thing. Pulling out the pamphlet from his back pocket, he began to flip through the pages, looking for a specific page.

Alex flipped through the pages, feeling awkwardly distracted by Yin who was standing nearby as though he expected something to happen. When Alex stopped at the page with the description of the balerion vaisel, complete with a picture that looked almost identical to Terror, Yin got very close, which might have been more distracting if Alex wasn't so eagerly attempting to submerse himself in some new knowledge in order to keep himself from having another panic attack. Unconsciously he reached out with a free hand to place on Yin's back, always craving more physical contact, but the other boil moved away so it was just the barest brushing of finger tips that may have trailed down Yin's spine as Alex let the hand drop back down to his side and then dug it into his pocket as he leaned back against the wall and continued to hold the pamphlet with one hand while he read.

He was pulled out of his reading by Yin, who seemed to think Alex was a speed reader or something. Well, he could read pretty damn fast, so he had almost finished off all of the info. Plus there wasn't all that much information to give, anyways.

"Not much." He answered, "Just that they prefer warmer climates, and that the colder the area they are living, the hotter they get. They can burn things, but it only happens rarely and when they are under a lot of stress. which I guess she must have been when she was separated from her friend and then forced to live in my cold bedroom. Oh, and they don't like water much." It made sense, really.

As to Yin's other question, Alex grimaced, closing the almost useless pamphlet and looking over at Yin. "I didn't actually have a proper name for her yet. I---I am really not good at naming things, Yin. None of my pets have concrete names that I call them by every single day. Right now though? I'm calling her Winged Terror." He didn't know if Yin would find that amusing or not.

"I...I don't think there was anything too important lying around on the floor." Alex shrugged, since it was likely just some old homework or garbage that he had tossed into a pile on the floor of his room. As for the comparison of the vaisel to Danny? Alex actually had to agree. Danny didn't precisely mean to scare Alex or do anything to cause him harm, but she still had the ability and that made the zomboil incredibly nervous around her, even if he did find her friendly and easy to get along with otherwise.

"....Maaayyybeee..." he hesitated. Wait, why were they even thinking about it? He was going to be taking her back to the pet shop tomorrow, right? They didn't need to understand her, they just needed to get rid of her.

His stomach had that strange hollow icy feeling again.

"Well..n-no.." Alex stammered, a little surprised by Yin's reaction. He would have stepped back a bit, but he was already firmly planted against the wall, as Yin's hand wrapped around his arm. He slowly reached over and attempted to remove Yin's hand from his arm, careful not to get accidentally stabbed with the other boils claws, but kept the other boils hand held loosely in his own when finished, and Yin could easily pull it away if he wished.

"They have..names..of a sort. I don't know Yin, it just never seemed all that important to me!" suddenly an idea struck him. "Why don't you help me come up with appropriate names for all of them sometime? It's obvious I could use the help...."

And here they went again, talking about the vaisel as though she were a permanent pet. Was Yin hinting that he didn't want Alex to get rid of her? It was so hard to tell what the weremantis was thinking most of the time.

"So..uh..if I don't take her back to the pet shop, what other options do we have?"

Alex's eyes dropped to the floor. Of course having Yin name all of his pets would be a bad idea, and the other boil wouldn't want to do it. He'd just have to do it himself sometime, to pacify the weremantis. Yin hadn't taken his hand back, so instead of letting go completely, Alex actually intertwined his fingers with Yin's, squeezing gently. It was just for comfort after a stressful night, or at least, that's what he told himself to make it okay to be wanting to have so much physical contact. "Ya, okay, I'll figure it out somehow and give them all names by myself, if you think that's what would be best."

It was so weird. Alex's mood and emotions seemed to be so up and down and all over the damned place tonight. It was probably just from the stress, but it was fairly disconcerting.

"I..I don't know what to do with her, honestly. Maybe I could find her a good home..." he let that train of thought cut off though, because he didn't want to just find her a new home. She belonged with Fei, and it would be a shame to seperate the two of them. He and Yin had bought them together mostly because Alex could tell Yin didn't want to have them separated.

But then Yin said the perfect thing, coming up with the perfect solution. But did the other boil mean it? Would he trade vaisels? "I..I think that's a great idea, actually." He admitted out loud. "But only if you are absolutely willing to? I mean, Fei is yours, I don't want to take him away from you. If you want to have both of the vaisels, then that could also work...." And would it bother Alex that Terror was still here? That she would be here every time Alex came to visit? It didn't bother him nearly as much as the thought of just getting rid of her completely did.

"As long as you are here too, I'm sure I will still be comfortable in your room." He smiled, looking up from the floor finally to lock eyes with Yin. "What do you think would be best?"

Alex didn't care about naming his pets. He really, truly did not give two jacks about it, and never had. But it just felt oddly like Yin thought that was a very terrible thing. If all he had to do was come up with a few names, he could probably do that no problem. He already seemed to have dubbed the black rabbit 'creature' so now he was just going to have to come up with names for all of the rest.

Including that pink, lacy looking one that he kept secured in his closet. He really aught to let her out at some point.

"Most of them are undead like me, and are shy and like to hide in the garbage on the floor in my room." He laughed a tiny bit, for some reason finding that oddly amusing. "I think I can come up with names for all of them on my own, anyways. Just forget that I even asked." The gentle pressure Yin added by squeezing his hand the slightest bit was a welcome surprise that made the zomboil feel all warm and fuzzy inside and helped to relieve a lot of the tension that had been building up inside of him.

Alex's eyes finally lit up, the dullness that had been haunting them all night almost dissipating when Yin confirmed that he didn't mind if they swapped vaisels. The smile on his face was suddenly warmer as well, and he had the strongest urge to pull Yin into a happy embrace, which he just barely managed to hold out against. He didn't want to ruin the moment by accidentally upsetting the weremantis, after all. So instead he just said a quiet "Thank you." while reaching up to run his hand through his hair and push it out of his eyes.

"And I'll bring him over as often as I can." He nodded resolutely.

And then back to the subject of names. Well, Alex wasn't going to change the runic's name, as it seemed to suit both him and his new owner in very different ways yet still seemed appropriate. But if Yin wanted to change Terror's name, a name that Alex had just given her on the spot and really held no meaning to the zomboil, then that was fine with him. "Lady Terror?" He said, somewhat amused.

"I think it's an appropriate name for her." He decided, following Yin's gaze to watch the three pets together. It was actually a pretty cool name for a pet, admittedly. Reluctantly, he released Yin's hand so that he could move, a little hesitantly, towards the balerion vaisel. Kneeling down on the floor, he looked at her with perhaps a little bit of sadness in his eyes, and held out his hand to Fei, who had come over to greet him, giving him scratch behind his ears even while he still looked at Terror.

"Sorry it didn't work out, ghoul, but you'll probably be much happier here anyways. Try not to...burn my boilfriends room down." He said to her, cringing a little, fairly certain that she didn't actually understand him, but feeling like he aught to say something to her anyways. Fei was already trying to climb into his lap, pawing at his legs and trying to get attention. It was almost like the small vaisel kitten knew what was happening.