"Given how she wouldn't let me see my son for ten years because she was afraid her mother was going to suck out his soul like a wet noodle, no, I don't find that odd." She had explained herself and it was obvious the fear of Flemeth that came from Morrigan. She was no saint, but, if even she was willing to give up her body for Kieran then she had definitely changed. Alistair could see that, they all had for certain--but he didn't trust so easily. Not when he'd been kept in the dark for so long.
Yet her current actions, allowing him to be with Kieran and informing him of information that pertained to keeping Kieran alive--the fear in her eyes, he could believe that. And that if she didn't have to run and protect her son then..no, maybe that wasn't odd.
"I would have helped her if she let me," Fear got the best of people, he knew that. And was he scared of Flemeth? Absolutely. But he would have done all he could to protect Kieran and his mother, despite their relationship. He wasn't about to let the boy grow up like he had. "Yes. Very different. Which is why we're having this--" Alistair almost spit out a perfectly good piece of cheese. Maker, no. "...so you're saying maybe she isn't manipulative and doesn't necessarily have ulterior motives to feed me to dragons. Maybe she just wants to our son to have a father around like it should be so she's including me in their lives now?"
He wanted to believe that. Really, he did. It was just very hard. But Elissa was right--Morrigan was very different, even if he'd been defensive. She was being almost kind. She hadn't insulted him once, come to think of it. She hadn't...done anything other than make sure he got to spend time with Kieran. He was wrong about Leliana. She was a very good friend to them. She even wrote from time to time.