The reaction as she realized they had entered the station was even more heartbreaking than the trip here was. He was hurting Alisa horribly with this and yet he had no argument to stop her from doing this in the first place. Hurting the one he loved so much. Was that all he could do?

Rean slowly put his free hand up against her arm to keep her hugging onto him even as the cleared the ticket booth. After all with his position he didn't need tickets when Claire was coming over to pick him up in person. Rean tilted his head to the side and tried to peer at Alisa, bracing for what he was going to see now that they were moments away from being torn apart.