Alex had been going to help him sit up, and he doesn't miss Neil's eyes closing from the effort. Alex slides out, then swings an arm around Neil's shoulders to lower him down more slowly. "...Ask me for help," he mutters, then gives a displeased expression. "Two days of bedrest is what I told you. Listen to your fake doctor."

He passes on the exercise comment. And maybe that's more telling than most, Alex Seattle Geer passing up a chance to make a comment about sex.