It's actually very interesting how he goes about it. Any large amount money that Ritchie might have made either in the future, past or present Alec would have taken, is taking or will take. So Ritchie would get a windfall or get a really good business deal or something - or might have had one or will have one - and then lose it or never get it.

Mean?

Yes.

Does Alec care?

Not particularly.

"What's the name of the brand? Any particular type of peach jam and bread?" he asks with a tilt of his head. His eyes get a distracted look, paying attention to something beyond the here and now. (For whatever here and now means). "And what year was it discontinued. I'm not from earth and I don't know what year you're from. Twenty years ago means nothing to me."