Again, I think that would be annoying. Gordon leads Alyx by doing. Alyx follows because Gordon is pretty much the George Washington of his time. He's a larger than life hero from storybooks. She's pretty much dumbstruck to be around him, much like I would be around Mark Messier. She says dumb things then immediately regrets making an ass of herself in front of her hero, much like I would around Mark Messier. She has a little puppydog schoolgirl crush, much like I would around Mark Messier.
Why would Gordon need to say to her "hey, we should go down this shaft?" Instead he just does it. No need to say what you're going to do when you just do it. He doesn't need her input, she either follows or she doesn't. It's his show, he's doing it his way. If she doesn't like it she doesn't need to follow.
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