[i]...Dark forest? ... Suits it.[/i] Alex continued to listen. [i]... On her own? Here?[/i] Alex felt somewhat stupid having felt as if he was weak. Spending a few days in here made him miserable. Incapable of knowing what is edible or not. After hearing the talk of washing his coat he strangely tensed up. His clothes were the one thing from the past world that was left on him. The idea of taking it off for whatever reason felt odd. Even if he would get it back later it didn't change the feeling. He would have to settle in this world and probably accept he would probably never escape but the time was not now.... Plus he used the shirt underneath one day to tie himself to a tree to sleep and fell out anyway. He left it. Trying to seem as polite as possible he tried to chose his words carefully.

"... I'm more grateful then you could imagine for the offer but No thanks. I'll keep it... As a memento of a sort."
He hoped somewhat she would insist. Animal blood is... Well animal blood. But he also felt if he had it washed so soon he would be accepting the fact he wouldn't be able to go back too soon. 

Alex saw amber return. Asking where he came from. "... New England... Maine more specifically..." He stated his birthplace but not where he actually was last in his universe. Mainly because he did not remember himself. He said it in a strange way. He somewhat assumed he wasn't anywhere on his planet any more. 

"... I'll travel where Elsa travels...." He says to the idea of bringing the deer to Manshire. He sorta had to be dependent on someone else in any place so foreign to him. He was glad though some person would let him follow them. Somewhat more happy finding this person is Elsa.