[ He doesn't really know what to say, to any of it, though when Amos mentions the wedding ring, he starts fiddling with his ring finger, even without the band there. Trying to play with it, even though it's not on his finger. He swallows, looking away. ]

I don't know, Amos.

[ It's a lie. He knows Amos is right. Amos, despite what he thinks, has a tendency to be right in a good many situations. And his straightforward approach on the world is always something Alex has found helpful. They come at every problem from opposite angles, and when Amos says something like that, it's hard not to think that maybe the problem was simpler than he was making it.

He swallows. ]

You're wrong, though. I'd still tell you. [ Because he had a tendency to tell Amos almost everything. Because Amos helped him make sense of things. ]

But I --

It ain't exactly -

I don't know. I'll think about it.