Bobby's fine enough with Alistair spending some time filling his stomach -- it gives him a good excuse to jot down what Alistair's told him so far on a new page that he's titled 'Darkspawn - unseen'. He continues to write once Alistair starts speaking again, in fact.

"Well, if you believe the Pilgrim over there --" he motions off toward one corner of the place, "-- then they could sure as hell show up here based on one of the 'events' that might come from your world. Better educated than dead." Even if death wasn't a permanent thing here, he certainly doesn't want to find out what happens if you die too many times.

"Just straight contact. That's -- irritatin'. And I suppose there's no easy cure, can't just wash it off with holy water or somethin'."