Alek stares blankly at Ilse for a moment. "I...I'm not sure...." He stares over at Vesspionis, who turns from what he is doing and looks at Alek. Neither move until Alek breaks the eye contact a few moments later. He looks back at Ilse as if no time had passed, and Vesspionis goes back to scratching around at the rocks in the cave. He doesn't seem to notice anything either. "I just woke up one day and the tattoo was on my arm." He shrugs. He knows whats going on, he'll tell me when he's ready.....I hope." Alek, trying to avoid the conversation, goes to help Zaroch with going through the papers.