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Lancelot gave Tutti the most hurt look in the world. Well her back at any rate. Huffing, the zquirrel wriggled against the leash enough that eventually he joined Thing and, in a most overdramatic manner, made a surly sigh and joined in the digging. Maybe he could hide out down here and wait for his next prey to come up for a happy hug from his jaws!

Mort made little nods here and there as Leo and Alex spoke, propping a knee up and draping an arm over it. It was heartening to hear that, in spite of their individual pain and regret, they would keep going; though Mort was a little reserved to know that Alex felt a sense of obligation about joining more than anything. Then again, he couldn't begin to fathom the sort of losses the zomboil had been taking recently.

Again he has a small spiel at the ready in response, but Mei's silence drew his attention. Poor ghoul should've known better than to keep her council; even someone as thick-headed as Mort couldn't simply pass on that. "Mrrr. Have anything to add, Mei?" he asked gently, meeting her raised brow with an artless look of vague concern. "S'alright to get things out in the open if have something on mind." He was the last person to be judging people on their reasons, having perhaps the most petty motivations of all. And while he could have prodded her specifically about the alchemist Eisheth she had introduced at the colosseum, Mort had a feeling that Mei knew what he was getting at and didn't believe he needed to force the topic, if she indeed had anythign to say.

Much to his surprise, Alexander actually began to feel a little bit better, once he had gotten a few things off of his chest, and was able to listen to his friends responses to that. Nobody seemed to be judging him for his decision, and thank jack nobody pointed out the obvious fact that despite everything he had done, he had lost Yin anyways.

But it was at least better this way, knowing the other boil was alive, and that he'd done everything he could to save him, even if it had been just a little too late to stop the damage that the hunters had already inflicted on him. He was back, he was among his friends, he was as safe as he could really be, and he no longer had Alex to make him miserable, so now he could possibly find some happiness.

He leaned in to the shoulder squeeze, relishing into the comfort that physical contact provided, tempted to press up against Leo and rest his head on her shoulder as well. Nothing romantic about it, just a zomboil who spent his entire unlife surrounded by others needing that physical reassurance that he was not alone. Still, he refrained, not wanting it to make Leo uncomfortable, instead turning his head and giving her grateful look before letting his attention go back to the conversation between Mort and Mei.

His zombro had mentioned that the jiang shi seemed close to a horsewoman at the Colosseum, and by the description alone Alex assumed it was the same one whom Mei had been paired up with for Prom. He hadn't thought much of it beyond that, except that they must have become close friends, perhaps similar to what Alex and Sal were, or maybe even closer then that. Surely the petite ghoul wouldn't actually be datin----

Wait what was that? Seeing each other...in that way? ROMANTICALLY?

Alexander's jaw dropped open, as he gaped and stared in silent shock at the ghoul whom he considered to be like a little sister to him. Romantically. She was seeing a horsewoman. Eiseth. The one from prom. Romantically. Romantically.

Romantically.

He was too busy trying to process this to be able to say anything at the moment. To say he was shocked was an understatement.