"Have you talked to Varric?" Cassandra asks, before thinking otherwise. "Perhaps that's not a good idea. He prefers to have his characters suffer with no reward."

It was something she feared, at least for the series he was currently writing. But still, Cassandra looks Cole over and manages to find it within herself to at least continue to help him. "People are confusing," she offers, before realizing that perhaps that doesn't help him either.