The question makes him slightly uncomfortable. He knows that Alexei is friends with Sheehan, and he'd been doing his best to leave Cain behind. Bringing it up with someone who might not know after he'd gotten on board felt wrong, and it's clear on his face as he sets his cup in his lap.

"I mean...he's been an angry person since I met him. A-and I understand he's working on it, he's made a lot of progress and I'm incredibly proud of him, but... I did something wrong. I keep failing at meeting expectations, I dont-" He catches himself, remembering what he'd said earlier, how Alexei responded.

"I've never not kept a balance, it's always been like that. Not that I think an argument has a winner or a loser, but the failure has to cost something. It's never not...and when I told him that, he was shocked. Like- like it was this weird, childish thing I was doing and I don't think I've ever even considered that other people didn't do that."