They're getting there with the puns. Not so much in the not-having-difficulties-with-Adelaide, though. Adelaide is gorgeous, and nothing will happen between himself and her again. Telling himself this never helps, unfortunately, but he has his own grumbling, frustrated voice to work with.

A voice that disapproves of her attempts to help Anders as much as it approves of her politics.

"E-vine-dently you don't have a choice as to whether or not you have it, just yet." He runs a thumb along the ring itself, feeling the smooth edge that screams magic without feeling like it at all. "It's entirely possible it's Dalish. Considering I can't figure out the magic that powers it, even more likely. Where did you find it?"