"Hey, I am pretty damn proper care. In the right circumstances." Though he knows what Alex meant. Hell, he felt the same way, and it's killing him that he knows he isn't going to shy away from these things but run towards them. He's got a code now, he guesses, and he knows where it's leading him.

Settling in, Kyle got out his phone and started texting with Liz. "She's says she's not an idiot," he says between texts. "And that she loves you too." He pauses, texting more, considering the area around them while waiting. "Huh. She hasn't heard from Max since early this morning, like before dawn, and is heading out to look for him herself. She says she thinks Noah's dead though," he says, glancing at Alex. "Because she says she can't feel him anymore, and the handprint he left on her is gone."

He falls silent, considering that, not liking any of it. "She'd know if Max was gone, wouldn't she?"