[he is still handling all this on a pretty surface level, because otherwise he would not be able to cope, like, at all. So he is just quietly disbelieving the depths of this rabbit hole and feeling like Alex is crazy or delusional for buying into it all, while ignoring his own niggling sense that it's all actually well and truly legit.]
[The meow and scratch makes him jump (payback??). He looks at the door. Then at Alex, accusatory] What was he doing outside?
[ugh never mind. Without waiting for an answer, he gets up to let the kitten inside.]
no subject
[and staring.]
[he is still handling all this on a pretty surface level, because otherwise he would not be able to cope, like, at all. So he is just quietly disbelieving the depths of this rabbit hole and feeling like Alex is crazy or delusional for buying into it all, while ignoring his own niggling sense that it's all actually well and truly legit.]
[The meow and scratch makes him jump (payback??). He looks at the door. Then at Alex, accusatory] What was he doing outside?
[ugh never mind. Without waiting for an answer, he gets up to let the kitten inside.]