"Well, it'd make sense. You weren't there to put a stop to the silliness immediately, so it was able to take root. But there are worse issues to have with one's companion, I suppose." It was fairly harmless, and moreover, added an element of levity to any proceeding. That was doubtlessly a good thing.

"I don't know if it is a cautionary tale," Waver admitted. This kind of thing had been something he chewed over time and again since arriving in Skyhold, thanks to the luxury of multiple perspectives. It was quite nice, in a way, even if the truth of all worlds seemed to be an ugly thing. "I'd suggest it is more a universal pattern, true across time and space. Not that it makes such a thing any less distressing, but--" he gestured idly with a hand. The sentence could be filled in too easily.

"I'll give you my answer, but I'd like to know what your ruler from home is looking to do. And as long as you don't jump to conclusions with my answer." Waver enjoyed learning about other worlds just as much as he did trying to interpret the patterns of them. "My line of work is being a professor of magecraft. Very different from magic here, but the word mage is what we call ourselves back home. We're a small group, and our government and school are--" he paused, crossing his fingers. "Like that. It makes life interesting."

waver made a point of not commenting on anything he saw threaten on Araceli's face. It wasn't something to pry at.