It's dangerous to assume this is like Detroit where, contrary to popular belief, you can walk around without getting murdered by Joe Average off the street. The Arena is another thing entirely and he's more than aware of that. Every minute he wastes making sure Norton is set is plenty of time that another Tribute could find his wife and kill her. Alex is using every patience trick in the book he learned from Jack. This isn't the doctor's fault. He's not a cop, he's not a soldier or private security: he's just a guy used to lab coats. Granted, he's a really, really scarily smart guy, but Alex doubts he's ever even been mugged.
"I can do a sweep, check for anything. Maybe you can wait it out in the bathroom until I get back," Alex shrugs, the motion looking weird with the graphene chassis. There's something too rigid and yet boneless about it. "I've been getting errors on my visor modes. Don't suppose you can fix that?"
Alex figures it's shooting in the dark because there's no lab or assistants here. Maybe Norton can McGuyver something up?
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It's dangerous to assume this is like Detroit where, contrary to popular belief, you can walk around without getting murdered by Joe Average off the street. The Arena is another thing entirely and he's more than aware of that. Every minute he wastes making sure Norton is set is plenty of time that another Tribute could find his wife and kill her. Alex is using every patience trick in the book he learned from Jack. This isn't the doctor's fault. He's not a cop, he's not a soldier or private security: he's just a guy used to lab coats. Granted, he's a really, really scarily smart guy, but Alex doubts he's ever even been mugged.
"I can do a sweep, check for anything. Maybe you can wait it out in the bathroom until I get back," Alex shrugs, the motion looking weird with the graphene chassis. There's something too rigid and yet boneless about it. "I've been getting errors on my visor modes. Don't suppose you can fix that?"
Alex figures it's shooting in the dark because there's no lab or assistants here. Maybe Norton can McGuyver something up?