I apologize if this has been mentioned before, I went through the search function and couldn't find anything that specifically addressed it.
Ok, so, Inhuman Speed says "Your Alertness is at +4 for the purpose of determining initiative" under Improved Initiative. A friend of mine and fellow player in our chronicle is trying to convince us that that means that regardless of what your Alertness score IS, it is treated as Great(+4) for the purpose of initiative. We had interpreted it to mean that you get your Alertness + 4, so if you had Alertness 1, it would be 5 for the purpose of initiative, if it was Alertness 3 it would be 7, and if you somehow had Alertness -2, you would have a 2 for the purpose of initiative. I was hoping the community here would weigh in with their thoughts of whose interpretation is correct on this matter.
Thank you in advance for your time,
DTF