"At least you paid attention in school," Alec said, sounding very lightly amused. School was one of those mundane (or so he'd thought) things that he'd never really understood or cared about. There was no need to go to school to learn about ridiculous topics that focused on the mundane world when he'd never be a part of it.

"We had tutors. Or a tutor," he said with a shrug. "He didn't say things like that."

Hodge was more to the point and brusque when it came to lessons and his statements tended to involve more mention of demons and death.