The air quotes were audible, and very appropriate, and something about the combination of topics: vodka, Illyana, what she might do with people she disliked, it stirred up memories of life in the castle.

"That's definitely a concern. The Illyana back home once, well, at least once, that I know of, threatened to curse Jake's genitals, nominally because he might have besmirched her family's honor by what vodka he was or wasn't drinking. Mostly, though, it was because Jake was being Jake."

Her head tilted as she looked Alec over, considering. "He was a lot like you, actually. In some ways."