Alex smiles more genuinely, then settles onto Neil--body in-between Neil's legs and weight on his forearms. For a moment, he reaches up, to brush hair away from the bandage on Neil's forehead. "It went fine," he answers softly. "You returned the dogtags of that guy's sister when you were here and he never forgot it. Due to that, and the fact that apparently there's a couple power struggles going on in the BOS, the guy seemed really fine with the fact that I killed his friends and a chapter back in the Mojave--

"Oh, right," he adds, something of delight in his eyes. "One of the guards upstairs, his parents are from Cali. Recognized the recon beret I got and helped defuse the initial situation. Got to say, it was pretty awesome. The knight had just shot me full on in the chest and I was just crouched around the corner like an idiot, and Cooper--the guard--just calmly holds a gun to his head. I like this group," he says, with a laugh. "This is like the first place I really like here."