[ The one-up that Alex had on Henry was that he knew that the Prince was gay, whereas Henry did not know that Alex knew-- so it painted a very perplexing picture; of course Henry was not going to bring it up and he also knew that there were a few times where he found it hard to keep his heart decidedly off his sleeve.

This was one of those times.

Look too closely and there would be a big sign over his head that said "I am gay" in bright flashing lights, and likely 'god save the queen' playing. ]

I suppose you could say that I am a fish, Alex.

[ He was starting to creep a bit closer to the blue chocobos, enough that there was only a brief warning flutter but nothing more. ] Come here sweet babies, we are not going to hurt you-- promise. In fact, if you are nice enough-- this man over there may pardon you for Thanksgiving.

[ Bad joke.. very bad joke. ]