Alistair responded with evident enthusiasm, wondering how he'd managed to spend so much time around her without kissing her up until this point. "Likewise," he said, pausing to grin back at her. "Frankly, I don't know how I managed to pretend for this long anyway. It's not as though I was any good at it. Everyone could tell how I feel about you." To embarrassing extents. Though it doesn't seem so important anymore.