If only Bruce could die, then he'd worry about that. Or not worry, actually, since dying really isn't the worst thing that could happen to him. But he's trying really hard not to panic right now, and among other things that involves not overthinking about things that haven't yet happened or might not even come to be.

"I'd ask if in a good way or a bad way, but after what I've heard about this place, I'm gonna wager it's mostly the latter." Though he can't say for sure, for all he knows Alphys really hasn't been having that terrible a time here. Some people probably come from places even worse off.