[Well, whatever "this" is, he seems pretty content with that answer, even if it is a bit on the surprising side; Yeager really isn't the sort to concede any ground, and as long as he continues doing that Alexei is fine with reciprocating. But this is new territory, and it's...nice, even if it's unexpected.]

They haven't. But it's...tolerable, at this point. There was a while where it wasn't, but I don't have much say in what I'm obligated to respond to.

It's better now, at least.

[...Well. You did say you wanted to check in.]