"That is ludicrous! I am quite certain my van is much safer than the streets!"

Especially if the van's driver can manifest barriers of magic crystal, but he is not mentioning that, for Alexander has seen the youtube video and that is terribly embarrassing. Instead, he turns his attention towards the clouds of steam.

"Good heavens, have they finally boiled the horrors?"

He has never cared about the cultists and their deity, but that is a bad way to die.