My goal here was to show how the Gordon/Alyx relationship might develop organically through the episodes, but the more I thought about it the more I saw how Freeman might interpret things that happen in-game. In terms of Alyx as Wolverine, Gordon is just cutting the knot and making assumptions in his own Freeman-ish way.
Also, I'm damn certain that when Ross Scott gets around to Freeman Pontifex he'll do things a lot differently than me and probably better too.
Oh, and thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.