[ A nod. It would have been horrible if anything had gone wrong, of course. But it didn't. And here they are. ]

You are a better fighter than you like people to think. And much braver. In those dreams, you were—stealing airships. Darting off to Tevinter. Breaking into my shop though you knew what I was and trying to bait me. [ There's affection in that now. He's far enough away from the unsettling feeling of knowing Byerly and not liking him to think back on it all a little fondly. The cheek. ] I know they were only dreams, but I suppose I thought it was what you wanted. Parts of it.