Alistair took the handshake easily. "Alistair Theirin. ...Though people would probably like it better if I left off the last name. Fellow chew toy to dragons, and general person to stand behind when there are bad things in front of me. I still have no idea what a degree is, but I understand the whole weather thing. I don't think Thedas has invented degrees yet."

But he accepted it easily enough. Why not accept it? After all, the alternative was to deny it, and that would just be stupid - especially in a Fade-adjacent place like this.