Alec's first instinct was to flail, but he actually managed to overcome that impulse. Izzy wasn't here to give advice about this kind of thing and Jace was, and anyway, he'd already gotten most of his flailing out that time in the church in that other universe.

So he just sighed and rubbed his eyes before answering, "I don't think so. He just thinks it's weird I haven't been to a bar before, that's all. Which... I guess it sort of is."