What Alec was hearing was that Luke had adapted, adjusted, and changed for this city. He'd started out set in his ways, trying to hold onto the past and he'd been able to let it go bit by bit. It was never going to be fully gone but he'd made space for Darrow and Reid and even Alec himself.

Alec didn't know if was strong enough to do that especially not when he felt guilty about letting go of certain things but it was good to know that it could be done. He wasn't really ready to stop living how he'd lived in Manhattan but it could be done.

"Thanks for letting me stay here when I need to," he said quietly. "I hung out here a few days after I got back from that...from the other city. Magnus was here and it reminded me of Manhattan."