[ Alistair isn't really a good person for this—he can listen fine, but dragging information out of people like pulling molars isn't his strong suit, and doing it sensitively and with unending patience is out of the question. He sighs and puts his roll down. ]

People hurt people all the time. It doesn't mean anyone who's like them in any way is also going to hurt people. Otherwise elves would have to steer a lot clearer of humans.