"Whatever you think is best. I can't say for you." Alec is not going to run his life for him. Though the hair thing is a bit interesting bordering on worrisome.

"No one ever taught you how to read?" Well, that makes sense. If he can read he can learn things. If he can learn things then Abe has less power over him.

There's a frown. Alec, with his dyslexia, is the last person to be able to teach someone how to read. He soldiers on but he wouldn't dare try and teach someone. If he can't keep the letters straight, then how could he help someone else do so. But there should be someway to do it.

"You all right?"