Oh. Shit. Tears. He has never been terribly good with tears- the usual means he can think of to mitigate them involve physical contact which Cade does not want, not truly, and thus he is forced to remain in his chair and wonder where exactly he lost track of this conversation.

Perhaps he ought to have kept his mouth shut about Alistair.

"It can be...a terrifying thing. Trying to find a new purpose...to untangle your life from that which you once knew and- that...is not at all what you need to hear is it? You like being a Templar. You like this life." Such as it is.