Alpha stares at him for a long moment, purposefully keeping his face blank. But there's such a thing as overplaying it so he grins finally, shrugs. "Fair enough." He even sticks out a hand to be shook, because he can never resist a bit of theatricality.

"You keep harping on that whole 'tried to kill you' thing," he adds casually. "I'm not the one who was stealing supplies, you know."