"Maybe not Swords and Shields," says Alistair; a bit of humor finds its way back to his voice. "Morrigan may actually succeed in murdering me if I do."

But the rest -- "

Lower, half to himself, "So everything that might've made me happy to hear about when I was ten years old. All right. Simple enough. Maybe."

He taps his thumb a couple times, immediately stills it when he realizes what he's doing.