Alcuin was not convinced of this, as it felt awfully rude, and he had difficulty being rude. Though he was also very good at doing what people told him, so...

"Goodbye, Vax," he said pleasantly, and put the handle back onto the device on the table.

Then he looked at himself briefly in the mirror, put some hair back into place... and left his room, walking down the hallway to knock on Vax's door.