He's quiet for several moments before slowly nodding.

"For the sake of morale and unity, yes." A beat. "I'd avoid using foreign magics, though. The last thing I'd want is a symbol for my people possibly backfiring because of things we don't yet understand fully. I..."

Anders exhales. "I get why you did it. I don't get why you're doing it this way, that's all, and the... other ways you might have done it." Blood magic, more than likely. This plus that could be seriously dangerous.

"If you'd like company back to the estate now, I'm going to head back that way, I think." If this thing explodes, he needs to be very far away from it. "But if you're staying and wind up needing a human presence because of harassment or something, call me. I'll return with whom I can."