"I can imagine." Here was an opportunity for Magnus to tell Elvis about his own past. Being raised by a group of (essentially) monks who had their eyes removed or stitched over, along with their mouths, inured Magnus at a young age to a particular brand of grotesqueness that turned the stomachs of even the most valiant Shadowhunters. But such things were rarely spoken about even with Alec, let alone a friend of Alec's that Magnus had only just properly met.

"You didn't think of doing those other things here?" he asked. "Or are they things like... airplane pilot, which aren't exactly in heavy demand here."