"That's definitely true." If one slept. Alex didn't sleep very much, so she'd probably be that annoying friend who just happens to be awake and ready to jump at the shadows at two in the morning. It was bad if the shadows were apophenia, but great if it happened to be humans who were busting in. Or at least they used to be humans once upon a time.
Keeping her gaze on him as he explained, Alex couldn't help but frown at that, because jesus there were zombies and that was almost as terrible to consider as it was that there were demons. In the end, Alex couldn't keep herself from saying something that was just entirely on brand, even if it was soft and completely laced with empathy. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry!" And then because she's Alex and there's not a whole hell of a lot that she can do about the situation at home, she just reached over and put the rest of the cookie in front of him.
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Keeping her gaze on him as he explained, Alex couldn't help but frown at that, because jesus there were zombies and that was almost as terrible to consider as it was that there were demons. In the end, Alex couldn't keep herself from saying something that was just entirely on brand, even if it was soft and completely laced with empathy. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry!" And then because she's Alex and there's not a whole hell of a lot that she can do about the situation at home, she just reached over and put the rest of the cookie in front of him.