
“No blood.” He raised his hands in defense as if she had a gun pointed to him. Despite them not being the best of friends in any universe, he didn’t want to make her feel bad. Or make her fell worse.
“Oh, thank god!” Alison announced, wiping the non-existent sweat from her brow. “You had me going for a second there!”
"Oh I know that,” Alison replied with an air of a shrug, “Hell, I think everyone knows that you’re anything but a people...
"It’s a rough outline of a compliment.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m not really a people person anyway.”