Jim can't help the way he grins down at the kid as he hops up to his feet and puts away the PADD to finish his work later. He hands around the Imperial desk often enough that he's sure whoever's guarding the portal today will know immediately that the device is his and he'll be coming back for it later if he stows it away there.

"Alex? Good to meet you. Where are you from?" Jim would be equal parts embarrassed and amused to know Alex finds anything cool about his middle name. Or that he knows it in general. "Some version of Earth, maybe? I'm from there. Riverside, Iowa to be exact. Small town in middle America."

If it helps Alex take his mind off the pain then Jim doesn't mind talking about his home. It's not usually a topic for much discussion but he's trying to find some thread of commonality between himself and this child. They won't have to head too far away to find one of the many first aid stations in the Nexus. Jim sets about pulling one kit open and looking for the necessary aspirin. There's a lot more in these things than you'd think one would need, but not every species has the same needs.

"Here's an aspirin. Hold this while I put everything else away." A little foil pill packet is handed to Alex in short order. "Let me get you something to drink. Anything in particular you'd like?"