"Better than the other store he works at once a week," Alec said wryly. "Dite's something."

Well. Dite's had its uses.

"I sometimes think that he just... prefers seeing the world as if he's the victim and everyone is out to get him, on purpose," he said slowly, after a moment. "Like when he and I went shopping and he was convinced he was going to get arrested for looking suspicious just because his -- his hair looks the way it does, or something."