[She would have been right and it would have made him suspicious. Of what though, that he wouldn't be certain.

His face fell as she asked after the captain.]

No, the Cap'n ain't here. It's just Malcolm, his evil twin, me and now you. [Then he had a thought.] I came just after the mission in the Expanse [His voice was noticeably tight and he didn't look at her.] Malcolm is from a couple years after that. What's the last thing you remember from home?