Well this wasn't precisely a love-confession; gods Henry did not know what he would do in the case of a love confession. Instead he considered the honest words and then he shared a little bit of his own, at least where thoughts were concerned. "I would be so much more lost here without you, so yes-- I am glad you are here; despite the lack of my dog-- you are good too."

Wow, Alex had been likened to the dog among all dogs, David.

High praise indeed. A great many people could aspire to being compared to dogs, there were worse comparisons, considering that dogs were everything that was good about the world.. really.