Right, that's what I thought, just making sure we were on the same page. :-) He is forced to obey direct orders by the soft-breaking, but it harms him emotionally too. He feels guilty for even considering helping Erik escape. 

That does bring up a point though... Alexi is probably incapable of hard breaking anyone. Even the proper potion still requires him to have a desire to make the other creature submit. He doesn't have that, not really... so I don't think anyone could actually be hard broken to him... just a random thought.

Yeah, I completely believe you. I didn't quite realize when I made that decision just how much work it would leave you with. You're also always welcome to go ahead and tell me so that I could actually help you with the plot. But, correct me if I'm wrong, I think you are partially liking playing the Puppetmaster to this whole story. 

Anyway, seriously, I wouldn't mind helping. And I don't mind knowing the whole plan now, if you want to tell it to me. It's really up to you.

I promise I usually help a lot more with other plots and other partners. It's just with this one my hands are sort of tied, and on our other one, I'm still getting the hang of the world since we had to stop it for a while.