Izzy can't quite help but be torn between choosing to believe Alec, to go along with all of this because she trusts him and his judgement, and her own suspicions and, quite frankly, prejudices. That name alone, the legacy attached to it, isn't something that she can just pretend to know nothing about. Alec seems to genuinely believe what he's saying, though. Izzy, on the other hand, can't quite manage to dispel the suspicion creeping up. Lying, after all, is second nature to some. But, Alec has never purposefully lead any of them astray either. One of his main goals in life has always been to take care of things, to take care of them. Alec would never purposefully or knowingly put Max, Jace, or her in any danger.
Even if he were sucked in by a story from the Devil himself and found the man interesting, Alec wouldn't throw caution to the wind. The problem here isn't exactly that Izzy can't put her faith in Alec, she's done that time and time again, but the problem is finding a comfort in allowing herself to trust Lucifer, literally, even if just in a tangential manner.
"So, you're trusting your gut on this one?" Izzy holds back the urge to demand when Alec met the Prince of Hell, instead filing it away as something to discuss later. There were definitely a nice list of things that fit in along with that now, anyway. It wasn't the topic at hand, though. The topic was Lucifer, and if they could truly trust him enough to live here. Watching Alec tug at her hair, Izzy can feel some of her resolve starting to thin, as if some of the tension is being pulled out with the gentle tug of her curl. "I know you wouldn't put any of us in danger, out of all of us you're usually the most cautious." Izzy admits, her eyes seeking out Magnus and Jace within the apartment before returning to her brother, hands finding their way out of the crossed, rigid position that she came into the conversation with.
"It's a little hard to think of Lucifer as being....out of the loop on certain things, or..." Izzy pauses, as if searching for the word. Obviously harmless isn't what fits the bill. Even if he isn't the malignant force that they associate him with, that doesn't mean that he's a force that is completely dormant. "A non-threat, I guess." Izzy's hands work their way to her hips as she studies her brother. Lucifer works at the police station--that she can look into on her own, at least. And it's not as if the eldest Lightwood expects to be followed blindly without question. "So, he did no active pushing to get you interested in the apartment, you found your way there on your own?"
Izzy rolls her eyes at the nervous smile before giving Alec a light, playful punch on the arm, the contact only brief and more affectionate than violent. "You just couldn't help yourself, could you?" She can't completely blame him, she supposes, but at the same time it still doesn't leave her worry-free about all of this. "Fascinating, or not, you should be careful. I know you know that, but I'm saying it anyway, especially if you're going to keep carrying on deep conversations with him." Who knows how reliable that source of information is, after all? Even if Izzy trusts Alec's instincts, generally.
Watching as Alec rubs the back of his neck, Izzy lets out a bit of a sigh, knowing that despite her need to do her due-diligence, that if all of this is good enough for Alec, she'll go with it. She may be worrying for naught, but who could really blame her? "I probably will. I work at the police station too, after all, big brother." Izzy pointed out before circling back around to a comment that he had already made, tipping and showing him where she was falling on this entire thing...a little more. "I want to look at the paperwork too, but the lawyer said it all checked out, no loopholes or surprises...nothing that was cause for concern?"
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Even if he were sucked in by a story from the Devil himself and found the man interesting, Alec wouldn't throw caution to the wind. The problem here isn't exactly that Izzy can't put her faith in Alec, she's done that time and time again, but the problem is finding a comfort in allowing herself to trust Lucifer, literally, even if just in a tangential manner.
"So, you're trusting your gut on this one?" Izzy holds back the urge to demand when Alec met the Prince of Hell, instead filing it away as something to discuss later. There were definitely a nice list of things that fit in along with that now, anyway. It wasn't the topic at hand, though. The topic was Lucifer, and if they could truly trust him enough to live here. Watching Alec tug at her hair, Izzy can feel some of her resolve starting to thin, as if some of the tension is being pulled out with the gentle tug of her curl. "I know you wouldn't put any of us in danger, out of all of us you're usually the most cautious." Izzy admits, her eyes seeking out Magnus and Jace within the apartment before returning to her brother, hands finding their way out of the crossed, rigid position that she came into the conversation with.
"It's a little hard to think of Lucifer as being....out of the loop on certain things, or..." Izzy pauses, as if searching for the word. Obviously harmless isn't what fits the bill. Even if he isn't the malignant force that they associate him with, that doesn't mean that he's a force that is completely dormant. "A non-threat, I guess." Izzy's hands work their way to her hips as she studies her brother. Lucifer works at the police station--that she can look into on her own, at least. And it's not as if the eldest Lightwood expects to be followed blindly without question. "So, he did no active pushing to get you interested in the apartment, you found your way there on your own?"
Izzy rolls her eyes at the nervous smile before giving Alec a light, playful punch on the arm, the contact only brief and more affectionate than violent. "You just couldn't help yourself, could you?" She can't completely blame him, she supposes, but at the same time it still doesn't leave her worry-free about all of this. "Fascinating, or not, you should be careful. I know you know that, but I'm saying it anyway, especially if you're going to keep carrying on deep conversations with him." Who knows how reliable that source of information is, after all? Even if Izzy trusts Alec's instincts, generally.
Watching as Alec rubs the back of his neck, Izzy lets out a bit of a sigh, knowing that despite her need to do her due-diligence, that if all of this is good enough for Alec, she'll go with it. She may be worrying for naught, but who could really blame her? "I probably will. I work at the police station too, after all, big brother." Izzy pointed out before circling back around to a comment that he had already made, tipping and showing him where she was falling on this entire thing...a little more. "I want to look at the paperwork too, but the lawyer said it all checked out, no loopholes or surprises...nothing that was cause for concern?"