[Alec follows as Max moves, walking up the stairs behind the Grey Gull to the apartment Max has been telling him about. He follows her inside, waits as she secures the door behind them, and finds the nearest wall to lean on. He makes himself comfortable, not taking his eyes from Max for a single moment.]

Okay, well. Where to even start? Manticore definitely burns down, and we all escaped. You, playing hero, of course, went with some of the younger transgenics.

[He pauses, looking over at Max for a moment, trying to figure out the best way to proceed. The look he next gives her is ominous, to say the least.]

Does the name Ames White mean anything to you yet?