Yeah? I hope I get to know him better. ( it's pretty much guaranteed he'll have opportunity, now that he'll live forever. he's glad, too, that someone else has conveyed the same thing to rafa before. it feels important to take into account your own personal readiness before jumping into something like that, but also see it as adding to what's already there, rather than breaking it.

that's how he sees it. it's just not that simple.

he looks down at that question, shuffling on his feet. as a rule he doesn't like speaking for magnus, especially not on a matter so personal. )

When we went back home, not long ago, it was — a lot happened. I think it will take time for things to go back to what they were exactly. ( that kind of answers it, right? and it's why alec doesn't feel ready yet either. that, and something else, equally important. )

You know how my people don't like Magnus'. If we were to adopt a child, there's no guarantee we could do it legally. If it was a Nephilim orphan, they wouldn't want Magnus to raise it, and his people might find reason to undermine his authority. If it was a Downworlder, it might be used against me to undermine me. It might be difficult for us, and I don't want children to have to suffer that kind of political tension.

We're going to wait. Until the alliance between our people is stronger.