[He takes a little longer to freshen up. It's his time to ponder on things. They're not very pleasant things to ponder about, events from home, about Casey being here and then those other people who brought his ambitions to an end also being here. All of this happening in only a few weeks apart. How much longer could he keep this up and walk around people until he finally snaps?
Alexei comes out, cleaned and with a change of clothes with the half hour almost being up. He sees Casey was still tending to the food, so he decides to just go and set the table for now]
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Alexei comes out, cleaned and with a change of clothes with the half hour almost being up. He sees Casey was still tending to the food, so he decides to just go and set the table for now]