Sera heard the tense tone to his voice, the one that suggested that he wasnt handling things as well as he could be at the moment. It wasn't all that surprising. Alexi never did well when his routine was interrupted and often it became Sera's responsibility to come and calm him down back home.
He was probably counting again and that meant that he would be watching her steps as she grew near. She played the game for the moment, counting the steps and making sure that it ended in some multiple of three before she moved to sit down beside him, offering a soothing smile and a glass of warm milk that she had brought over for him to drink.