Albert appreciates the touch, the gentle and silent reassurance. But he doesn't voice his thoughts or experiences when he first arrived and was put onto the SQuIRT program. Truth, it gave him funds in order to get together what he needed, and he has saved a good amount of it for a rainy day, but it does not mean he would choose to ever do it again.

"Yes, well." He says, trying to move away from that topic. "Perhaps I will just have to find fellow scientists from within the ranks of our fellow aliens?"