Oh. That made sense. There were a lot of people at this school that didn't have parents. A lot of people didn't get the stability of a whole family. A lot of those people got touchy about being reminding of it. Alec wasn't thick enough to not know that maybe his lack of parents influenced a lot of his behavior, but he wouldn't really call himself touchy over it...that was probably another effect, though. "That sounds... Super insensitive of her..." Yeah, he was thinking maybe that was what he was supposed to say here. "Maybe you should write her a strongly worded message confronting her about her behavior."
Alec snorted. "Maybe absorbing your wonky powers made my powers wonky. Maybe you wouldn't stand a fucking chance if you weren't accidentally cheating. Maybe I was just going easy on you to build up your confidence. You looked a little upset and I'm attuned to that kind of bullshit. Big heart." He paused before going on. "That's probably the exact opposite a shrink would say about me. I'm sure they probably used a grinch metaphor in there. Heart three sizes too small. But shrinks are liars."