[ Nah, it'll be okay. Alpha isn't particularly interested in talking to her either. Not that certain strands and strings of conversation won't invoke her anyway, but still. That's not particularly a conversation he feels like having just now. ] Probably for the best.

[ Now that gets a sort of grunt he doesn't particularly bother with masking too much. ] Kilo's cooking didn't help anyone. You'd had it looked at, I assume? Given that you mentioned painkillers and just just alcohol. [ Which probs would have been his choice, but to each their own. ]