[ Thankfully, Alec is very well-versed in keeping up an air of cocky, smirky self-assurance, even when he's being thrown for a total loop. And throw him for a loop Rufus does, but not as much of one as Rufus might suspect, either.

Alec knows all too well what it's like to want to take the rug out from under one's parent, despite any family ties. Or, perhaps more accurately, because of them. ]

So you're asking me to ferry info - what I can only assume is Shinra info - to Avalanche? Shit, no wonder you don't want this anywhere daddy's fingers can get into it.