[ It seemed, at least to Alex, that any tension between the two of them was slowly ebbing away. Unless he was just finding himself relax for the first time in a while, and perhaps his guard was coming down a little. Only a little. It was why he was finding it easy to laugh at the words Jaime said. ]

C'mon, you can't get your head chopped off anymore. Don't worry 'bout it.

[ Alex comes back into the main room so he can look at Jaime. He plops himself on the large bed, bouncing as the springs push back against him. ] At least the bed'll hold him. [ He smirks, and then they go back to talking about business, so his expression turns serious again.

Alex's eyes stayed on Jaime as they talked. And Jaime mentioned thousands of things and how he'd have to go through it all. Alex gave him an unfortunate grimace. ]

Maybe . . .

[ He started. If it was a Tulpa. He still wasn't completely sure, because he hadn't seen the thing himself. ]

If it's any consolation, I'm fairly sure I'll have to sleep in the same room as Robert until this thing is over.