Xander tilted his head for a moment, glancing upward. "I do enjoy this sort of thing, but it kinda defeats the purpose if I came here to be with you, and you're not having a good time, right?"

Because it really wasn't like he couldn't just talk to other people at any other time he wanted to. Not everyone needed some silence and solitude like Alice did--she needed time away and to be by herself at times--classic introvert behavior. And what was wrong with that?

Hell, even his brother was like that. Dealing with people exhausted Alex and he found them incredibly tedious and exhausting. That was why Alex was moving out to his own tower--and Xander had planned to go with him. Mostly to handle people when his brother didn't want to. They worked well enough together, after all.

"If you want to go and I don't, I'll escort you to...wherever on the train you want to go, and then I'll come back." He could always sneak her some party food later, too.

"Besides, I'll have to check on Cottonball eventually." He'd left his bat in the garden, where she'd likely be safe enough anyway, stuffed full of strawberries and sleeping it off.