[ Alex smiled, glancing up at her, and there was something almost grateful in his expression. As if a couple more pieces were falling into place, in his head. A friend. A good one.

Something that he'd found here that hadn't come out all that bad, after all.]

Alright. Count of three, down the hatch. One, two -- [Where he would have said three, instead he shoved the bite into his mouth.

And then he made a helpless face. Yeah. War crime. For sure.]