Let's start with Ellen. [Alex says quickly, and she points to the first name on the list with a firm nod, because it makes the most sense to her to start with someone who she knows as a warm up. And she also knows that if people see someone they trust talking to her, then they're more likely to talk to her themselves. Interviewing 101 when it comes down to it.]

I know her, see her all the time and I'm a good tipper, so I think she likes me. If nothing else, she does know who I am and that I'm pretty trust worthy. We'll work out from there, see if people will talk to us after they see us talking to her. Given how the virus works, I expect that other people will want to have a hand in trying to stop it if they can.

[Unlike the two men who were with her, Alex still happened to believe that most people were good. If they weren't, then the terrible people she was forced to interact with, like Thomas Warren, were the norm, Alex would probably lose her mind.]

Okay cool. Do you think he'd prefer to talk to you alone?