"It's a vaguely familiar look on you," Alec supplied.

Attempting humor was sort of a new approach for him but it was better than wallowing in emo, so.

"I... on the radio, someone mentioned that people could just... knock the mind-control out of you," he said after a moment. "I probably should've tried that."

Or he'd just stick to the emo. ALEC WAS FULL OF SURPRISES.