♥ What a nice thing to hear, that someone in this strange place trusted him. He handed the hot chocolate to Ivan. "Alright then. Still, I'll be careful around him when we meet, whenever that is, until I can get a better feel of him." Not physically, of course.

Hm, this talk of friends stirred something in his mind. He smiled gently, "By the way, I know I've said it before...but thank you for your help last week. I don't know what I would have done without you. The fact I asked you for your help...shows that trust is mutual."
Gah, what a hard thing to say...to put himself out there like that was such a foreign feeling.