He takes the bottle from her, not quite drinking from it yet. He wasn't accustomed to drinking under such circumstances. A beer here or there with his buddies on shore leave or smuggled in during training. It wasn't something to numb, though alone with his thoughts he could see why it was tempting. He sips and places the bottle between them, partly to be polite, partly because he feels a bit of solidarity with losing someone important.

But then she says something that makes him curious. He had obviously put a few things together that Samus was no longer with the Federation. Was that after Adam...? This is a safe question, he decides in the middle of his sip. It fills in some of his own blanks and leaves Samus to talk about her feelings at her own pace.

"When'd you leave?"