And hey, if the porridge proves inedible, they can always use it to glue the banner to the wall!

From the way Alistair's scarfing it down, though, that seems an unlikely fate. (The faster you eat it, the less you taste it, after all.) An empty teacup soon joins the empty bowl. The kettle itself gets shuttled over to the pile of accoutrements; it's still half-full, and until they get a fire going in Cullen's room, more warm things would not be remiss.

Hopefully it'll stay warm enough during the trek back to the tower.