It was clearly a button push and Alex wasn't sorry at all. "Don't expect me to be supportive and be all 'You clearly know who you are and that's a strength' or anything." He shrugged. "Expect to get hurt again while here. Expect that kindness to get taken advantage of. That's how you'll survive probably."

Quiet again for a few moments, before he huffed to himself. "Far as I can tell, so far this place is better than actual prison though. In people, not just surroundings."