"I...I did. They looked...kind of mad." But he doesn't get to dwell on that for long - the impassioned admission, being told he's needed?

Almost immediately, Alfred tears up, starting to cry.

"...No one. No one has ever said that to me before...never...."

And he had never quite realized how much that had hurt him. But here's someone, crying for him, holding him, feeding him his BLOOD -

"...I want to stay here, Herbert," he sobs, suddenly overwhelmed by everything happening. "I feel like...I belong...."