"I'm not on edge!" Okay so, that came out a little more emphatically (and high pitched) than he would have liked.

So he's a little on edge. He's stuck in a strange place, with no way of going back and now he has to deal with Freelancers... or exFreelancers, whatever, the point is he has every right to be a bit on edge.

Alpha pauses and takes a moment to chill before going on. He's got this.

"But, yeah... I guess that's something." He shrugs back. If she left like Tex did, then maybe he can give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe.