Whenever Adam asked him questions, Alec became more confident. This was something that he could do that was more than just being a guard and potentially having to harm someone when he hated the idea of hurting anyone. It helped that the book was familiar, but Latin was one of the first languages that he'd learned. Even if he didn't understand magic, he could understand the words in front of him. He could offer those to Adam.

"I'd like that. I have a basic idea of where it is but that's not the same as having you show me." Maybe if Adam pointed it out, Alec would have an idea of where Adam had been before he found the gate. "I don't know who it was. I was given a window - " No that wasn't quite right even if he'd thought of it that way in the past. "A mirror? That lets me see the outside world. I don't watch often. It - " Hurt too much if he saw the world beyond the temple too often. "It can become a distraction."