[Does he look like Cloud Strife to you?

The remark about rolling in money is thoroughly ignored. He’ll have to do a lot of that — ignoring — to get Alec to say anything helpful, he thinks.]

I’ll do what it takes. Even if I have to play the part of desperate grounder.

[Given the unwavering way he says it, his determination has only been stoked by his father’s punishment.]

I’m guessing you know where to start, too.