[ For a moment, he teeters on the edge between two reactions. The first is what most residents of Thedas feel when finding out that a longtime friend is a mage - that prickle of discomfort, of fear. That knowledge that all this time, when they thought they were safe, there was an abomination-in-waiting beside them.

The second is the reaction he's tried to force himself to have. To shut down that fear, to remember that he's been living with mages for years now and there's only been a single abomination and it's come from outside. That second reaction prevails: he denies the terror.

And so after a moment's hesitation, laughter comes bubbling up from him. ]

I absolutely did! Madame, I'm devastated. You've broken my heart! I thought you'd studied to become a cheat, and I was so proud of you for being one! - Though I suppose you still are, just by different mechanisms.