this line and its delivery makes me so sad knowing that initially pellinore Wanted to be loved by alistair, the way that this information is given cut and dry to the reader too is heartwrenching
“I hardly knew him at all… Less so than most sons know their fathers. I would venture, but the theory fits what I do know about the facts. Only passion for his work would compel him to associate with traitors. It was all he had; he loved nothing else. Nothing.”