"Like sees and acknowledges like." Fair's fair, like he said. "How about this: you finish up your little physical evaluation since we've made some progress on our topics we want to avoid, and we keep avoiding those topics and just chat like friendly coworkers do. I'm thinking it's going to go something like:"

-and here he makes an attempt at doing Stephen's voice back at him, the slightly nasal and robust baritone, and the steep cliff of sarcasm and don't-argue-with-me tonality. "'Cut back on the pancakes and eat more leafy greens, here are some herbs for mental acuity, more daily exercise won't kill you.' To which I would then point out I do my daily training, well, daily, and you'd also better be thankful that soda doesn't exist here. Yet."

God help Thedas if someone invents cold, caffeinated, carbonated sugar-water.