[Both eyebrows get raised as Max take a long sip of her drink.

Yeah. That sounds exactly like Alec.]

Guess I'm not surprised. Without me around to beat his face in, he must have been getting lonely.

[It would be funnier if it wasn't true, she's pretty sure. Theirs is a punchy relationship.]

It's better that no one took the bait. He could seriously screw someone up - it would be a lot worse than fisticuffs if things got too heated.