He watched Calliope blush and couldn't help but smile. She had never been this close to anyone, aside from him... As far as he knew, anyway. If she had somehow been sneaking boys into her room with his vigilance, than Alexander honestly had no reason to be her guard, but aside from that, this was also the first time that they had been so close together on good terms. When they were this close, he was carrying her away against her will, or they just happened to be walking close together. Now though, she was curled around his arm, his arm around her own. It was quite a change from the usual, for certain, though the reason it happened certainly wasn't a good one. No, Calliope had no family now, not that she seemed to particularly enjoy the one she did have. Still, it would be hard to recover from suddenly having nothing instead of just about any physical object she could want, given enough time.

"We're in an inn, in the village near the manor. I brought you here after we managed to escape. We're to travel to Norgarrum, on your fathers orders, to some family of yours. I hope you know of them? We didn't have time for him to inform me of their names, or location within the country, and I don't exactly know your family tree." He was down to business, while still holding the girl in his arms. Alexander needed this information to properly serve as bodyguard, and now escort, but he was still far to comfortable to want to move, no matter how selfish it was. "I imagine things are a blur? So many things happened at once, so much change."

Another knock at the door. "I found her a dress that used to belong to my daughter. She got a little big in the waist for it, but it should fit Calliope just fine. It's plain, but I imagine it's better than nothing." Alexander let out a soft sigh, out of minor annoyance. He unraveled his arm from around her, so that he could sit up in the bed.

"Come on, we need to talk to the inn keeper, get some supplies and go. We've got quite the distance to travel, and I imagine that army is close behind." He had neglected from mentioning the fact that Calliope had been forced to defend herself, hoping that she didn't remember that detail. Calliope didn't need to be exposed to such terrible things, killing and the like. It was far too much for a young girl like her.