"You were expecting someone else?" Maybe, given how long they've known each other. And given Anders is one of the people who expects a king instead of, well, him.

Too bad. He wants to have some fun and his reputation doesn't matter here. He can throw snowballs at people if that's what he wants to do. And he will, taking full advantage of Anders' stumble to leap out from behind his bush and fling a couple more missiles the mage's way.

He is so going to end up regretting this. But until then!

"Yes, training! For surprise darkspawn attacks!" They can go with that. If it helps. It does sound better than 'Alistair are you being an idiot again?' "You've already fallen prey to my ambush, now try and escape my wrath!"

...'Alistair is being an idiot again' is probably the better explanation though.