(For Cullen's part, he's inclined toward being a little clingy himself -- but he wouldn't admit it. That might appear that he resented Alistair's leaving... and that's the last thing he wants.)

The present has no wrapping. It sits on top of Alistair's dresser, a construction of what appears to be brown scraps of fabric with details sewn on in rough black yarn.

It is, in fact, a small golem doll, whose yarn eyes keep a sharp watch on anyone coming up the ladder.