[ He nods. He did figure it out, over time. At least partly. Certainly painfully. But perhaps he could ease that pain for someone else - someone else who could, like him, figure it out. No way to learn to swim but to dive into water, right? ]

And we could go places. No need to turn it into a mission because the Ambassador's time is oh-so valuable. Just travel.

[ Then, smile going a little crooked: ]

I'd miss throwing my title in their faces. [ They being, of course, all the haters, though Thedas does not of course have a term as convenient as "the haters." ] They'll all decide I was fired.