[img]https://i.imgur.com/fCa90aX.jpg[/img] There was a gentle force of telekinetic blue light that parted the crowd as the armored man all but collided with Dove. She was scooped up into his arms for what was probably the softest power hug Alex could possibly give. Alex had to focus really hard so that he didn't accidentally start crushing his friend. If anyone had any protests to suddenly being pushed aside nobody voiced them. [color=deepskyblue][b]"Please don't scare me like that again."[/b][/color] His whispering voice was a touch shaky from crying. After what felt like a really long minute he finally put her down. Coughing to clear his throat, Alex crossed his arms in a way that made it clear he didn't know what to do with his hands if he wasn't trying to hug his Not dead friend[color=00aeef][b]"Wings are new, and if I didn't know any better I'd say you might be a bit taller."[/b][/color]. He was going to reach out to ruffle her hair when Dove's nervousness finally registered in his dense skull. Shit something happened. Did he do something wrong? Did she not want to be touched? she let other people hug her though. Was he the problem? Anyone who knew Alex could tell that he was probably thinking too hard right now. A dangerous pastime for someone like him for sure. He tried to Regain some of his "Heroic professionalism" for the crowd before people started wondering what was going on. [color=deepskyblue][b]"WE can uh, go over the details of all . . . "[/b][/color] He motioned to all of Dove. [b][color=deepskyblue]"-This, when your ready. I will say though if The fucking Cult did this to you I'm going to break [i]SO[/i] many legs."[/color][/b] With that, he took a few steps back to give some space but stayed close by anyway. An irrational fear still in his head that she might suddenly disappear if he stopped paying attention. Dean probably knew she was back by now. or Wolf had been trying to tell him. Actually why the hell had Wolf not sent him any sort of heads up about this? questions for later. Right now he had to worry about a poisoned civilian from out of town, a damaged Cyber psycho ninja that was [i]definitely[/i] not a friend, and a friend that suddenly came back from the dead who may or may not have had her "power-up" happen during the time she was missing. [i][b][color=deepskyblue]Maybe it was a good time to start wishing NOT to be living in interesting times. eh, probably too late. not like they could get weirder. Whats next, actual Dragons?[/color][/b][/i] Alex might have snorted a BIT too loud at that thought.