What work he still has in his possession is packed away securely with his belongings in the barracks. He'll need to head back to retrieve them, and is in the process of turning on his heel to do that (Sooty will forgive him for delaying his visit a bit longer), when that question reaches him.

"Did you know my mother?"

He stops short and turns to face Alistair again, but whatever expression the young man wears now, Loghain can't parse it, save to mark again with a hard ache in his chest just how much he has grown to resemble his father. He considers his response, then says, "Not well, but--yes. We met once."