[it's probably a decent enough sign about how sincerely shitty alvin actually does feel about the situation when he doesn't completely take the bait with her flirtation ruse.

normally, he'd do the same in return, after all.]

You make it sound easy. It's kind of hard to change someone's mind once they've got their preconceived notions and a built-in lack of trust.

[he sighs a bit.] I guess it's the only way I'm gonna live to see whatever the end of this is, but I didn't exactly do much to warrant that much suspicion this time around. It wasn't that much different from the last time, and trying to point that out's what landed me in hot water to begin with.