"Got it in one."

Alistair tilts his head, looking over the Handler curiously. There's some history there and it's not good. He's not that naive, he knows there's worse things a father can do than utterly refuse to acknowledge your existence. "I'll take your word on it."

He's pretty sure neither one of them actually wants to talk about that kind of thing though, so that means it's time to change the subject again. "You mentioned a 'mother of all monsters' before. What's that even mean?"