[ They could argue about it until both their faces went blue, but Alex wouldn't push it. Ultimately, it was Naomi that had to agree with him.

She'd put Amos down once, in order to save people. He hoped that lesson would stick.

He grins back, amused and lopsided as he leans in to get a little better view of the bruise. Nice. ]

Probably shoulda fixed that back up before we ended up with company. [ He feels a little guilty, but - honestly? Amos kind of deserved that punch. Alex had resisted punching him on principle - since it hadn't really been the point and it wouldn't have made him feel better. But he wasn't about to begrudge a marine for teaching Amos a little respect for the flag. ]

But damn. Means she had to have been there, right? There's no one else who could'a known about that.