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Alex really hadn't been spending much time in the lost clans sanctuary lately. With the pressure of graduation looming, his duties as public relations for student council, a part time job and a boilfriend-now-fiance to take up his time, it just didn't really fit in to his busy schedule. And beyond that...well, he actually didn't even remember agreeing to become an initiate so he saw no reason to spend unnecessary time around the sanctuary, unless it was to visit Salbei, which he was about to do now.

Or not........

The zomboil shuffled up to the famine sages tent, calling out when he was still several long feet away, as loudly as possible. "Saaaaaa-aaallll, your favorite Amityville inhabitant has come to see yooouuuuu!" Because clearly Alexander was the favorite of Sal's adopted pile of students, right? After all, he had been friends with the sage longer then Mort or Belladonna had been! Okay, he was very well aware that Sal didn't play favorites, but he thought he'd joke around about it anyways.

The sudden burst of shouting right behind him had the zomboil flinching, wondering if it was a horseman come to yell at him for being on their land, or maybe to set him to some task for them since he was just standing around doing nothing. It hadn't happened before that he could recall, but he did at least remember doing odd jobs in the human world for them, even if he couldn't remember why.

When he slowly shuffled around to look, however, he was met with the sight of somebody that he was pretty sure was not a pony. In fact he was fairly certain he remembered this ghoul from around the school, and upon realizing this, offered her a giant grin. "Gramps? Oh, right, haha, the old man." He chuckled a little at her name for him, storing it away for later use, though he preferred to call the man 'papa pony' himself.

Not too fussed about her obvious attitude and nosiness, Alexander just shrugged his shoulders, still smiling away, before reaching up to scratch skeletal fingers along his forehead.

"Well, actually, I'm not sure I can really tell you. It's kind of uh, Family Business, you know?" Because yes, he thought of Sal as family, obviously. In fact, considering his own skeletal parts, his tall, lanky frame, and white hair, he could practically pass as Sal's actual son.

"You're uh....Hel is it? A friend of Belladonna's, right? She's mentioned you a few times. How do you know Sal?" He asked, cheerful, and in a fairly polite tone.

Again, if Alex was at all taken aback by Hel's attitude, he didn't let it show, just continuing to smile like nothing was amiss at all. Some might find it creepy, his expression, maybe because he was a zombie. Maybe cheerful zombies actually looked like they were about to try and eat your face. Or worse. Something more sinister....

But not Alex, nope, he was just happy to be there and that was all.

"OH....Well I'm sorry I mean, I might consider you family if this wasn't...you know...the first time we met?" He did genuinely feel a bit badly about it, his eyes widening slightly and his grin faltering. "I just don't know you at all and.." Ah, he hated making ghouls upset!

"Look, you know what." He took a step forward towards her, raising his hands apologetically.

Wait...problem child? No! Focus!

"I've known Sal for a long time now, over a year in fact. I met him shortly after he got here, helped him and another horsemen, Soren, wrangle an alpaca."

He decided to leave out the part where he'd actually tried to eat the alpaca and that Sal was going to give him a new one in replacement for helping.

"And I trust him, with my unlife in fact. If he's your gramps, then that makes us....siblings, kind of, right? So let's hang out a bit and get to know each other!" He beamed at her, because this was the best idea ever! "And then I will tell you anything you want to know."

"I suppose it's actually been more like a year and a half? Right after they got here, really." His eyes had drifted upward in thought, and he nodded in affirmation, not having a single clue that Hel might feel it was a competition. "But then it was a good couple of months before I saw him again after that. You know what, he still hasn't even given me the alpaca he said he owed me?" gave his head a shake and rolled his eyes.

At her new proposal, however, Alex narrowed his eyes at her, as though finally catching on to her game. Was she jealous of his interactions with Sal? Maybe....

He let out a bit of laughter once more. "Okay fine. You win. Now what was it exactly that you wanted to know? And uh...do you mind if we find a place to sit down?" He really felt as though he'd been on his feet long enough and his laziness was calling to him enticingly.