Vayla immediately knew what was on the boy's mind as he opened the door. She had seen it enough in all the years she was leading this camp. She flashed him a little smile, but decided that's enough about happiness to show right now. Alex didn't seem like he'd appreciate smiles at the moment.

"Hello, Alex. I am Vayla. If you don't mind I would like to talk to you for a second." She paused for a moment. She was not that [i]you have to listen to what I say[/i] kinda type. "You can send me away, if you want to. I politely ask for your company."

She left her sentence hanging and then decided to add. "Would you mind a little walk? You don't need to talk if you don't feel like it. Please?" Vayla waited patiently for him to give her an answer. Hopefully he'd allow her to have a chat with him. For all she knew, it was not going to be a [i]you will be fine[/i] talk. He had that enough already. Vayla was different from the other mentors, teachers, or whatever you wanna call them. 

She had opened up this camp and she was not gonna leave one single young adult hang. That's what she promised herself and she wasn't going to break it. She dearly cared for every person in this camp. Including Alex.