Hell is a realm. A dimension. Just like this is. [ so it's not that shocking. heaven is more of a vague, utopic idea to aspire to. alec isn't surprise there's been little to no proof of it's existence. too little is known about angels to know if that's even where they live, or if they're in another realm of their own. ]

In this other world we were in before, there was a surge of some magic. People switched powers for a couple of weeks.

[ he hadn't even actively participated in... the source of the cause. but he's not going to tell ronan about that. neither will he tell him that alec is glad those are the powers he inherited, because anything else might have been too weird for him to live with. this one seemed passive, and he never learned to use it actively, so it was only a curiosity with only rubber bow and arrows, strange books, and live kittens as a consequence. ]