Gaia blushed a little. "He's just a baby. They'll attach themselves to whoever comforts them the most." As they kept walking along, it didn't take much time to reach Gaia's hotel. "Well, here we are."
((... While I do not like where this is going, I'm going to put faith in Ray and hope the explanation for why he can use Al's psychological illness to speak directly to him is a good one. I also hope the explanation for how he even knows Al isn't right in the head is sound.))
Al's eyes fixated on the kitchen. To any one else looking at him, it looked like he was having a nervous breakdown. But this was much worse. "You... What are you doing here."