"It would have helped," he admitted. They might have been in danger if they'd been attacked and Adam couldn't hear, but Alec understood why it was something that wouldn't seem obvious to explain. Adam was probably used to compensating for his deafness or he didn't want to admit that possible weakness to someone he didn't trust. Probably Mundanes didn't accept such things as easily as some Shadowhunters would when everyone knew someone who had been seriously injured in battle and had to work through recovery.
"Later we'll have to figure out how much it'll hinder us if we're somewhere loud." Us, not you. They were a team now and Alec would have to learn to watch Adam's back the way he had with Jace. "Since I can't communicate with you through glares like I can with Jace, we may have to do some things differently."
It took a moment for Alec to realize that he was watching Adam draw patterns across the cover of the Codex. Forcing his attention away, he swallowed hard, telling himself that he was not supposed to stare at the guy he was guarding. "It's not the best source. Shadowhunters have their own bias and we don't know as much about Downworlders as we think." Magnus had proven that and Simon continued to defy the stereotypes related to vampires.
"The Institute and the Clave are two different things. The Institute is the place I grew up. It's where my family lives. My community. The Clave governs us. They enforce the Laws, but they're afraid of anything that's different." He paused, starting to pick at the knee of his jeans. "You know what people in power do when they're afraid." Looking over at Adam, his expression hardened as he remembered Izzy's trial. "They tell us to follow the Law but they ignore it whenever it's convenient and it gets them what they want. We almost lost Izzy because all they cared about was their power, not what was right."
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"Later we'll have to figure out how much it'll hinder us if we're somewhere loud." Us, not you. They were a team now and Alec would have to learn to watch Adam's back the way he had with Jace. "Since I can't communicate with you through glares like I can with Jace, we may have to do some things differently."
It took a moment for Alec to realize that he was watching Adam draw patterns across the cover of the Codex. Forcing his attention away, he swallowed hard, telling himself that he was not supposed to stare at the guy he was guarding. "It's not the best source. Shadowhunters have their own bias and we don't know as much about Downworlders as we think." Magnus had proven that and Simon continued to defy the stereotypes related to vampires.
"The Institute and the Clave are two different things. The Institute is the place I grew up. It's where my family lives. My community. The Clave governs us. They enforce the Laws, but they're afraid of anything that's different." He paused, starting to pick at the knee of his jeans. "You know what people in power do when they're afraid." Looking over at Adam, his expression hardened as he remembered Izzy's trial. "They tell us to follow the Law but they ignore it whenever it's convenient and it gets them what they want. We almost lost Izzy because all they cared about was their power, not what was right."