Okay, that brought a full out chuckle-laugh, and Alex smiled. "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you. I don't have a reason to, we're out in the open, and you're a warden. I'm smart enough to know that it would be a stupid-ass thing to do, whether I have a weapon or not." Trying to be reassuring...sort of.

"Having a weapon for self-defense would be very useful, just in case. This is, technically, a prison in some ways." Stated entirely reasonably.