[There's some...horrible ideas beginning to curl away at Alex's mind. He sets his jaw, expression locking down. He's done worse than this.
He thumbs at the device without switching the call off and starts punching out a text.]
Look, it's - it's gonna be okay, all right? You couldn't've known.
[Shit, how does he deal with this. He knows that lapse in tone, maybe not specifically in relation to Max but he knows what it is and he knows it's bad and he knows that it usually signals an impending breakdown.]
Their first broadcast - they just seemed like a normal kid. That's probably what they wanted. They tricked everyone.
[Including him. He just chose not to get involved right away.]
[Voice]
He thumbs at the device without switching the call off and starts punching out a text.]
Look, it's - it's gonna be okay, all right? You couldn't've known.
[Shit, how does he deal with this. He knows that lapse in tone, maybe not specifically in relation to Max but he knows what it is and he knows it's bad and he knows that it usually signals an impending breakdown.]
Their first broadcast - they just seemed like a normal kid. That's probably what they wanted. They tricked everyone.
[Including him. He just chose not to get involved right away.]