[ Alex isn't all that less annoyed than either of them are, and if both his arms were fine he'd be crossing them, but it turns out that's hard to do while in a sling. So instead his expression just firms up a bit.]

Far as I see if, we've got damn few options for gettin' off this station. We need to get those doors open. I can't do that, but if the kid gets his strength back, he can. So if my best use is makin' sure he's doing alright, then I'm gonna do that.