Luke laughs softly, easily able to picture both Alec and Isabelle stepping in like Amatis had for him. And unlike his sister, there's no outside influence, nothing that could possibly make either of them treat Max the way he had ultimately been treated by Amatis. He may not know Isabelle well and he knows that nearly everything he's learned about Alec has been learned here in Darrow, but based on what he does know now, he can't imagine there being anything that would cause them to disown Max, not even something like a werewolf bite. If that happened, he completely believes that both Alec and Isabelle would be there for Max, would support him entirely and knowing that somehow makes him feel better about what Amatis did to him.

"My god, I believe that completely," he says, shaking his head in amusement. Everything between Clary and Jace had been so deeply complicated and Luke realizes that if circumstances had been different, if Valentine hadn't faked his son's death, Luke may well have helped raised Jace alongside Clary. He knows it doesn't affect him nearly in the same way it does Jocelyn or Clary, but he can't help but think about all the ways in which their lives could have been different. Valentine changed so much.

"It was good of your parents to take Jace in," he says, his voice dropping a little. "It's good that he had you and Isabelle and Max. I hope things... I hope it settles down for everyone back in New York. Valentine has managed to make such a mess of things so many times over." And he has no consideration for anyone else, for how his actions make others feel, and while Luke realizes what everyone feels is probably the least of the Clave's consideration, but Valentine makes war on everyone and destroys so many people in his wake.