"You were shown visions of your world's future?" Alex's interest is piqued, that's for certain. He's familiar with the concept of prophesies, and has some basic understanding of how ambulamancers read someone's future in the roads and paths they're about to take- or at least that seems to be what they're doing. The ephemeral side of cryptozoology has never been his strong suit.

"How sure are you that they're accurate?"

Maybe, subconsciously, he's finding it easier to keep asking questions with honest curiosity than to risk saying anything about his family members that he might regret.