[ Well, to be fair, he did that a fair amount before he became Alpha. Not that it isn't at times, but he's certainly not helping that at all. It's a little lonelier at the absolute top, but he's had practice for that throughout his life, so don't start feeling too much on his behalf.

And yes, he can have friends. Within parameters. On the record, anyway. And speaking of: ] Yeah, probably at least the one. Anything particularly inflammatory, that'll see more. You did call me, love. That at least gives a couple minutes window. [ He thinks. Last he was aware, his calling people back at least had a lazy awareness, but who the hell knows. He's all but obliged to say shit like that. ] Painkiller? Are you okay? [ That's actually a dumb question considering but equally considering it's not bad. Hopefully it'll pan out. ]

That's not particularly informative. I suspect on purpose, but still. Curiosity rages.