Alec found himself staring at Billy before slowly shaking his head. He probably would have cracked a smile on a regular day but this was no regular day. He still felt a little lighter for a second or two.

"That's quite the thing to spend your time thinking about," Alec remarked mildly. "I don't know the answers to either of your questions. The first because that's something you have to decide. The second because I leave the pronunciation of words up to dictionaries. If it bothers you, maybe you should try changing the rules."