Maybe she shouldn't have been surprised, given all the strange things that'd happened in the past hour or two, but the idea of a Santa Claus who wasn't an overenthusiastic dad bringing the perfect presents was just plain eerie. Alexis tried to not think about the implications, instead changing the subject completely lest she started thinking about Christmases and overenthusiastic dads and lose it completely. Again.

"Can I ask how long you've been here, Dr. Reid?"