"You're also a dab hand at Diamondback, as I recall," Cullen says, stretching. "But for that -- " This directed at Kieran. "We should probably have you master chess, first."

Cullen does not want to deal with Morrigan at all, much less a Morrigan who is angry that the Commander of the forces of the Inquisition taught her son to gamble.

"That's a game of cards," Kieran says. "They played it at court in Halamshiral. But they played triomphe more. But that's not the same as Wicked Grace."

...maybe Cullen shouldn't gamble against Kieran for other reasons.