God he was infuriatingly .. persistent. She bit her lower lip. Whatever -this- was between the two of them.. even Alphen would have his limits. Who would want to be with someone who couldn't even touch them? She took a step toward him, extending her arm to its full length as if she were about to touch his face - the tell tale crackles of her thorns triggering the moment they came near, and she snatched her hand back. "Because..! Because it would be pointless." They didn't even have a space ship, number one, but more importantly, why follow her to another planet when she was..when death was in her future?