Not exactly. [He's been finding the conversation interesting, as sad as it is in a lot of ways. There are too many people out there like this, and it isn't fair to them to be made to feel like their suffering doesn't matter because their methods and life goals could do with some tweaking.

And although he's deeply relieved to her that in a lot of ways - Alex has had a bad habit of winding up in the wrong place at the wrong time recently - the information is still largely unnecessary.] As glad as I am to hear that, I wasn't especially concerned that you did. You've presented yourself as a fairly intelligent individual, and going after him would be exceptionally stupid. But thank you for the reassurance.