Cullen... wasn't expecting that, either. It wasn't for Meredith's benefit, certainly. Cassandra is Nevarran; perhaps it was something to do with knowing about their death mages, the Mortalitasi?
(Perhaps it was done for his benefit?)
He's only too happy to turn his back on the courtyard. They walk in silence toward the quays.
Until they pass into the shadow of a narrow colonnade.
"Now that you've seen." His voice is low. "I've -- been considering -- everything. Her choice to make me Knight-Captain... speaking solely in terms of who I was when I left Ferelden, without ever having spoken to me. Tell me as a Seeker, to whom the Order answers. She shouldn't have done it. It was -- a poor command decision. Wasn't it?"
Cullen doesn't know why he so desperately wants Cassandra to say yes. He does a poor job of hiding it.
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(Perhaps it was done for his benefit?)
He's only too happy to turn his back on the courtyard. They walk in silence toward the quays.
Until they pass into the shadow of a narrow colonnade.
"Now that you've seen." His voice is low. "I've -- been considering -- everything. Her choice to make me Knight-Captain... speaking solely in terms of who I was when I left Ferelden, without ever having spoken to me. Tell me as a Seeker, to whom the Order answers. She shouldn't have done it. It was -- a poor command decision. Wasn't it?"
Cullen doesn't know why he so desperately wants Cassandra to say yes. He does a poor job of hiding it.