[ What was that noise? A...snore? That's all he can assume, even if it didn't really sound like one...better he just. Not think about it, and continue to brush Kaeya's hair out.

Though it's a little bit strange...should he feel uncomfortable about this? It's not as though he's ever done something like this before. In his estimation, he was just being practical, but now he can't help but wonder if he's stumbled into something that is more intimate than two mere acquaintances should share in.

Hm. Right. Better to let this conversation distract him. ]

I just don't want Miss Alice to have any reason to regret leaving her in my care. She may be a handful sometimes, but such a precocious spirit deserves to be nurtured until she blooms like a Pyro Regisvine into the most powerful being in Mondstadt.