Alex frowned for a minute before he realized what Bass was saying and he shook his head. "Maybe another month and I'll be a cynic, but I'm not thinking that way. Not yet." Maybe if it'd been Michael tossing out a comment like that, he'd have been thinking about it in the dirty tone, but from a random stranger he'd just met? No, he wasn't going to jump to that conclusion first off. Although now he was wondering if that was where other people were going to go.

He nodded. "Don't worry. I'm not looking to push my way into anything. I can make do with what I've got for the moment." And sure, it wasn't much, but he'd made do with as little for at least some of the past ten years.

He finished his drink and reached for the beer. "So are you busy or do you want to get to know me a little?" A beat and a smile. "No quid pro quo intended."

He'd be happy to sit and talk about anything except for the fact that aliens were real.