Cullen thinks about this for a moment, because he desperately does not want to say yes, that's about the size of it.

"You've spent time in old elven ruins," he says finally. "Really old ones. Not the ones from the time of the Dales. From what they've told me about what it's like in the Fade... the ruins like those in the Arbor Wilds couldn't have functioned in the Fade. They're normal buildings. Meaning that even if he should succeed -- it won't be like that."