"Only a possibility. More likely, at least. She would've been surrounded by good people considering my next workplace, and I could've sent her with my coworkers when they left." César suspects Alpha would've been different had Van Kleiss and Black Knight not been fuckers, because in many aspects, Alpha had been trying before everything went suddenly south. "... Thank you. And I understand what happened to Vika was terrible, although not what. She didn't see me. She saw what happened to her."

He closes his eyes and just... strokes the kitten who has curled up on his lap. "Thank god it wasn't permanent. I'm no used to people dead."