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Alex watched the others and opened his mouth to speak. Though before he could utter a single word another patient approached the group. Though it seems she was brand new and had only just entered the facility. As the other two patients fawned over the admittedly endearingly adorable fox Alex nodded at the girl Saiph with a friendly smile. "Hi there Saiph. My name's Alex. though some of the doctors call me The Branch Man. Hope you enjoy your time here."

As he spoke he watched the other three with clear amusement. "Though that shouldn't be too hard for you I hope. There's plenty of interesting people here. On this floor at least." As the fox wandered up to Saiph asking for food Alex briefly wondered if foxes could eat fruit, or berries. The poor thing didn't seem used to his current state from the brief glances Alex had gotten.

Alex crouched down to be closer at eye level with the fox. He held out a bark covered hand towards the creatures nose in what he had hoped counted as a friendly greeting. At least it was friendly enough for dogs, and foxes were kind of like dogs. At least that was the unsure thought that ran through Alex's head. "Hello there little fox. I'm Alex in case you didn't hear before. Do you have a name? We can't just go around calling you just fox now can we?" As he spoke small branches grew from the bark on his arms sprouting berries and apples in rapid succession. They simply hung there and Alex was left wondering if they seemed, or smelled at all appetizing to the little creature, and whether or not he would partake. Offering food from his branches at times seemed like a bad idea, and certainly wasn't always the safest action. On his bad days, when his will was shaken to its limits simple things such as watching a flesh and blood creature eat anything with so much as a hint of leafy greenness could trigger some of his more aggressive tendencies. Alex hated it of course, he considered these moments gross overreactions for harmless actions. But today seemed a good day, one of those few rare days when he felt more like his old self.