[Alex just sighed in response to his sigh, and she traced her fingertips along the back of his hand for a moment, almost as if she was re-memorizing them before she spoke softly, some amusement in her tone.]

You don't need to sound so surprised, Richard. I mean it's not like I ever do anything halfway. I always throw myself into things whole-assed, so of course I tried to think of everything that I could.

[But Alex wasn't him or Warren, and she worried about something that she might have missed.]