The templar's talking and he can pull himself out of his puddle of blood. That's good enough. Anders moves back a little, feeling his job is done now that Nathaniel is in no danger of having committed a mid-morning murder.

Though surely they could've kept a hold of Cullen's sword a little longer, just to be sure he wasn't going to try using it again. Just a little longer.

Surprisingly, Nathaniel answers Cullen's disbelieving question before he can and Anders looks at the other Warden sidelong, arms folded across his chest. Okay, so Nathaniel may not have attacked someone unprovoked in his honor, but it's still a nice gesture for the man to assume Anders has some principles regarding standing by and letting people bleed out on his shoes.

... Then he gets to the abomination part. That sort of tarnishes the sentiment.

Suppressing a wince, Anders tosses out a lofty reply, hoping to squelch this line of talk before it can really start. "Chalk it up as one of life's mysteries. Don't question it," he answers Cullen. Then he flicks his gaze from one man to the other. "But I'd sure like to know how Nathaniel here drew first blood before the sun was even up."