[Cade is partway through helping himself to a sweet roll when Alistair zeroes in, and though he's hardly surprised, it does give him pause.]

...right... [he stalls.

And then proceeds to stare at the table and not talk at all, but at least he has the decency to look troubled. He's been hoping for decades for this problem to go away, and confronting it has never been a possibility. And then there was the Fade, and...
...well, the damage is done.

Cade looks almost frozen, like if he holds completely still the world will forget he's here and move on without him.]