"Yeah, could be." Alex pressed her lips tightly together, trying to smile. This isn't what she wants to be thinking about. Unconsciously, she moves a little closer to him. It helps to have a friend to take her mind off of it. With Kyle, she gets to be Alex Winslow, and maybe Alex Winslow had a few bad experiences in the foster system or something, but that's about it. Normal stuff.

They arrive at the komodo dragon house quickly enough. She crouches down in front of the glass to get a face-to-face view of the huge lizard before glancing up at Kyle, smiling more widely now. The dragon is close enough for her to count each individual scale. "Check it out."