[ Reign would have offered the alternative synthetic blood, which hopefully wouldn't be as bad as straight up drinking human blood. He knew what Shell was going through, so he wouldn't force that matter on his friend just yet. Certainly one of the Orbiters would impart their knowledge should Shell got hungry.

At the questions, Reign's expression fell. He didn't know if he should burden Shell with his grief, especially when everything was still so fresh for the blond. ] No, I didn't know you were going to wake. I come up here almost every day to talk to you, even if you were still asleep then.

[ He took in a deep breath, trying to muster up a smile for Shell. ] The situation down on Nysa hadn't been going well, tensions going high. It's... peaceful here.