Absent, and slow for now, Alistair's begun to tap his thumb against the table. He's gone back to watching Ivette's journal.

"Rather soon after, yes," says Fiona. "And...I'm certain that was part of it as well. He was not a happy man when I met him, much as he tried to pretend otherwise."

It isn't a pointed remark, not like that, but Alistair stops tapping his thumb all the same.