"I mean as far as pursuit goes. Apostasy is far superior to being locked up." His grip isn't too firm either - Anders doesn't need to be memorable. Somehow he needs to manage average, forgettable, or at least he does for now while he's still taking a look at this place and getting a measure of it.

"And the pleasure is mutual." He's met several mages today and no Templars as of yet. It really is a pleasure. Their freedom is limited, but it's a beginning. "Though Corypheus will be quite the headache, or so I've heard."

They'd thought him dealt with. How this happened isn't an answer Anders has, and it isn't one he can dwell on. What he needs to figure out is some way to not wind up effected by the demon the way he was last time, and Anders can't think of any defenses for that. "Were you... do you have any first-hand experience with the thing? Corypheus, I mean."