It's been difficult for anyone to know Cole's mood since the return from the Approach. He's always been hard to find, of course. It would be easy to think that since he arrived back at Skyhold, he simply went back to his normal routine.

In truth, he's been quietly contemplating. Considering. Waiting for the right moment, the right person to ask.

"He wasn't real, but he still set the charges," he muses, a piece of a dream, or a memory, drifting across his consciousness.

"...I've been wanting to ask you something."