The thing that probably should be the least surprising thing in the world to Simon Reese who knows more than anyone else does about the stupid and stubborn things that she gets up to is that she doesn't stop coming. Of course Alex is going to be stubborn, and as much as she probably really should, never in this has she ever really stepped back from the darkness that is perpetually around her since she'd started the show. Well, that probably started before the show, actually. That had been happening probably since before she'd been born and definitely well before Simon had. And that was one of the reasons that it feels so important to talk to him. In some ways, the admitting those things aloud to Strand feels like ripping the scab off of what she fears and the one person (in general possibly, never mind on board.) who might know if she's right is Simon Reese.

Letting out a breath, Alex is relieved at the lights turning back on, if only so that it's not so reminiscent of her nightmares. The oppressive feeling isn't great of course but it's as familiar as an old shirt now. Granted, not one that she'd needed to deal with in a while, but there are definitely places that she's been and things that she'd dealt with in that second season of the show that remind her of that. Alex's steps are quick, and she walks into the open door of Simon's room, mostly normal save for being more pale than she normally is, and with a fine tremor in her hands. "Hello Simon."