He rolls his eyes. And yet, whether Anders meant it or not, Cullen grudgingly admits to himself that the assumption would hardly have been so far-fetched at the time. Greenfell is an uncomfortable place to remember on any day, without bringing to mind that, at the time, Cullen sometimes wondered if he would be called back to a proper Circle at all. He was, of course, and at the time he thought what he felt in response was relief.

"My time with the Order was done," he says as plainly as he can think to, without Kirkwall and all that came after to give it colour. Without making Anders privy to his own reasons. Hardly the point now, is it?

"And I'm not the one who woke me for this- futile debate. What legitimate business could the Grey Wardens possibly have in Wonderland, anyway?"