"Alexis?" He raised his eyebrow.

I told him briefly about my relationship with Alexis. Tige frowned.

"What?" I asked.

"Having a close personal relationship with an Elder is a double-edged sword."

Alexis had implied the same thing. "Why?"

"Alexis was a human for thirty years," Tige said. "Not much more than that. He's been Neratomay for twelve hundred years. I don't think he's capable of understanding human emotions anymore. Alexis is moved by ...