"Lovely. My door's always open to you both. If it's not, check back after ten minutes - I likely haven't gone far." A blessing and a curse for his body - sleep is such a necessary evil for continuing to create fashion - but a boon for all who want to come see him! Really, Alex can't think of a reason he wouldn't welcome either of these lovely people back into his shop again for any reason.

"Now then, if you'll excuse me, I've a coat to save." He makes a shooing motion in their direction. "Off you go. Come back and see me... about this time tomorrow, and I'll have the coat saved or at least passable again by then. We can talk about any other plans we might make for ourselves at that point, too." Yes, he gets all the hints that have been dropped, but he's busy right now! Everything else that isn't saving this precious coat will simply have to wait.