Honestly he’s missed this since the world had gone to shit and the Boneflayers had all spent so much time since Kirkwall only hearing about dead friends, going to wakes and funerals when they could or sending word. Even his mother had been worried until she’d seen Asher with her own eyes and there wasn’t much love lost there. Asher can laugh and joke about anything and look like he means it but well, it’s been a while.

“Look, if Mal doesn’t one day marry himself into nobility by accident or as part of a scheme I’ll be disappointed. And if I’m not escorting him down the aisle then I’m crashing the wedding anyway. You better remember that too.” As for him? Expert in avoiding being wrangled into marriages because he slept with someone.