Realizing that the rant machine has been turned on Alec finally manages to jump into the conversation with hopefully a save.

"Henri, maybe you should go... um." He sounds more than a bit desperate and looks horribly guilty about this. "I don't know if this is the best time for this conversation."

Henri looks at Alec and then at Andrew. "I thought we were having a nice conversation."

"Please?"

The boy sighs and then nods. Grabbing his shoes he says (in Russian), "Very well. We'll talk later?"