Varric was a little fuzzy on what Cole's revelation was, but the answer to nearly any variation on that question was 'Yes' so he didn't think on it too long. And calling Anders a spark wasn't that far off point.

Everyone had known Kirkwall was a catastrophe waiting to happen. It had even been called a tinderbox a few times. Varric was pretty sure that wasn't the comparison Cole was drawing but it fit well enough that he didn't see any sense in arguing it.

"What can I say, all my old friends are really..." he hesitated a beat and then shrugged. "Conversation starters."

That held true for all his new ones too, didn't it? Huh.