[Alex frowned. He did not, in fact, know any of these things, nor did he know he didn't know them.]

What? You sure as hell didn't have a shiner like that, last time I saw you.

[He notes the limp, and he's getting more worried by the second, but he doesn't comment on it. Instead he glances down a this arm when Holden mentions it.]

I uh- got trapped. Amos tried pullin' me out. Naomi stopped him from breakin' the other one, at least, so small mercys.