Actually, it did feel a lot better. In his head, everything was self-deprecating and abysmal. Out loud, shared with someone who he trusted well enough to not treat him like a charity case of pity, it was different.

Everything about his life was just different -- and it wasn't just because he was on a spaceship these days.

Murphy scoffed. It was humor in poor taste, considering that this was Alex and Murphy involved here. Something about that just made it all the more ironic.

"Sure. Just don't get caught."

That was his motto, usually. The exception being, of course, if you were actually intending to get caught. In which case, don't do that, Alex.