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Somehow, Alyx's words had a calming effect on him and Luca answered her smile with one of his own. "I guess you're right." he said slowly. He still didn't understand what was going on here and felt as if he was in some fantasy movie, but his father always said that there is no story that doesn't have at least some truth in it.

So maybe ... no, obviously!... there were creatures in this world that he had never seen or heard of before, but just as Alyx had said, he shouldn't judge them just for being different. Afterall, to them he was different as well and he hated to be judge prematurely. Now that he thought about everything and had calmed down a bit, Luca actually started to feel kind of stupid for freaking out like he had, especially as the others had been quite nice so far. I just hope that I haven't played my chance with them, he thought and looked over at the other three sheepishly.

"I... sorry, if I overreacted a bit here, but it's all a bit much to take in for me." he said to them, his voice finally steady again. "And, I hope I didn't insult any of you with my words, I... I really didn't want that." he rubbed his neck, slightly embarrassed and looked back at Alyx. "Thanks for stopping me from leaving." he said sincerely and leaned a bit closer to whisper "and I hope it won't come so far that you will have to protect me. I'd feel really bad then." he smiled, more relaxed now and slowly moved back to his seat, not knowing how he would be received by the others.