Gu Ning paused and turned to look at him. "What?"
Barto tucked the blanket more snugly over her legs. He picked up a hard-boiled egg, gently cracked its shell, and started peeling it as he spoke. "What do you think about Alex?"
Gu Ning took a couple of bites of her bun and thought carefully before answering, "Grateful."
The exact word came to her, and she repeated it. "I'm grateful to him."
Hearing her use the word "grateful," Barto said, "He's actually a good person."
Gu Ning asked in surprise, "You think he's good?"
Barto said, "Don't think I'm defending him. It's just that I think he's a good person in some respects, like his attitude toward Mixed Breeds."
He had known of Alex long before Gu Ning did, taking notice of him after Alex came to Zone 19 to take over the construction site.
Only after observing the black wolf for a while did he feel comfortable letting Cook go work at the site.
