Alec reached out to tap the side of his head. "We were engineered to be able to rapidly assimilate information. Like languages or new skills. All in a couple of days' work, maybe. At most." But then he stuffed his face with the fries, and chewed as Dean talked. He knew to nod in the right places, and managed to swallow by the time he'd finished talking.
Not that Alec knew what a sibling dynamic was. Or parents. "Mostly?" But shit yeah, if you could actually turn into one of these creatures, then yeah. Complicated pretty much sounded like it was par for the course in any Hunter's life.
"I need my carbs. This body still doesn't like to run on empty. I could and I have, but it's really no fun to be starving and thirsty. I like to eat. And this-" Alec pointed at the plates. "Is delicious."