"Because it was rude? My mother would have lectured me over it." Not in front of guests, of course, but afterward, he would have been criticized for his lack of manners. "There's only certain types of fruit here. Things from tropical places don't show up often. Neither does already made food."

Sitting back in his chair, he considered the idea of kings in relation to the temple's priestess. Alec knew that Gansey couldn't be a true king in the sense of lineage so he assumed that there was something special about Adam's friend that would earn that title. Ronan might be a warlock, but that seemed to be one of those topics that Adam would avoid. "You haven't read the tales of kings and magicians if you think you're 'just helping'. It was the magicians that caused the stories to move forward."