"We didn't even really do family dinners." It was a rare thing where all Lightwoods were even in the same place at the same time. If his father wasn't in Idris, his mother was busy with Institute affairs. If they were both home, Alec or Isabelle tended to be gone, hunting demons or hanging out at Taki's.

When they all did happen to be in the same place at the same time, family dinners were the last thing on their mind. They'd preferred the solitude of their own rooms or the exertion of the training room.

"I can't picture my family being a part of something like this," he said with a shake of his head. His mother and father would spend their time judging every single mundane and Downworlder around while Isabelle made a point to talk to and flirt with every beautiful person in the room. Alec would be the one standing against the wall, quietly. "It'd be awkward."