Alex visibly relaxed when he heard the family was a-ok. After losing his wife so suddenly... well, he tended to become overprotective of his loved ones.
"Please don't tell me there's someone we know on this ship," he smirked dryly, although not really expecting her to say yes. Oh, if he only knew how right he was. "Isn't the point of these things to get as far away from your real life as possible?