[ Now that Cain is walking beside her, Alex feels more relaxed out in the open, looking around and properly taking in the city’s aesthetics for the first time since arriving. Different worlds, completely different ways of living. She can’t imagine walking this casually through such a busy crowd back in Ergastulum, not without a tiny fear of getting caught in the middle of a shoot out or the path of some deranged lunatic with a knife. It seems Cain is right that touch is the thing they should really be worried about.

She subconsciously pulls her long sleeves over her hands, trying to hide them under some sort of protective fabric. ]

That would be helpful. I’m not even sure what exactly I’m suppose to use it for.

[ But that’s irrelevant because now they’re talking about more important things: sweets.]

I like… waffles with berries and whipped cream.

[ Definitely a little bit of a self aware laugh in the way she says it, also trying to downplay her preference a bit. If they don’t have that precise thing then she doesn’t want him to feel bad about disappointing her. ]

Whatevet they have is fine. I’ll just be happy to try it.