A hug...? This one was different from the hugs Dan gave him. Dan hugged him like an animal, treated him like his pet. Jacob seemed to see the human inside of him. The human he had once been. He licked Jacob's ear, tickling it and glad to hear the small gasp that his friend made. "No crying." He didn't want the man to be sad any more. Maybe he would learn to be happy with the nice outside area Dan provided them. The yummy food Dan knew how to make and the TV he was allowed to watch. Alexis hadn't watched TV in a long time. It was hard to focus on the flickering box. It gave him a headache.

He hissed happily to himself, slithering away from Jacob and hiding under his rock. He giggled slightly, peering from his hiding place and wondering if the man would come looking for him. He could move fast when he wanted to, even if he no longer knew how to walk on two legs.