Vinnie breathed in deep - if he wasn't already red in the face, he would've been turning it. What was simply a slight change in sweetness before became something for him to covet once he recognized it. Its was reassuring - as though its presence was there to comfort him for his choices.

No... Bulba chose him. Chose. That word echoed in his head. It hadn't really occurred to him before to see it that way, considering he had kept the other Saur waiting on his answer so long. But it could've been anyone that Bulba fell for, and somehow he was it...

Being on the other side of the decision was a bit surreal. Vinnie had made the decision to leave his family, to join Red and then to leave him - and the uncertainty behind those decisions weighed on him. What he felt in Bulba's arms, though, was a strange kind of freedom and hope.

"Thank you," he said, soft enough to be a whisper. "For choosing me." Especially when it felt like no one else wanted to keep him.