[ The question makes his brow furrow a little bit, like he doesn't quite understand it. Why wouldn't he be glad? Despite everything that happened, did he really think Alex would rather see him dead?

Still frowning, he shifted the glass across the bar a little bit. ]

'nough people are dead. [ His voice dropped a bit. ]

We couldn't save you. Would have, if we could. We ain't had enough wins to disregard this one.