It's lucky Nate steps in. Not so much because Herc was in danger of decking Anders (as much as he might want to in this present second), but it helps draw focus. Helps remind him of who he is, what they all are.

(All right, maybe it does help him not lay into Anders more, because that comment about being gone was obnoxious, at best. Self-righteous mongrel.)

"That we do," he replies, tightly. He saw his brother change for the worst, or heard of it at least, of his brother abandoning men in battle. Wetting his lips, Herc bites down on his tongue and looks between the two men. One he trusts with his life, and the other he trusts to make a really satisfying thud sound when Herc throws him over the bloody ramparts. (He wont, but it's a tempting thought.)

"And this isn't a decision just for me. If this is about how a man can change," and he gives Nate a significant don't you make me regret this look, "then the others should have a chance to hear you out, and to speak up. Whatever the decision, we're doing right by the Wardens."

But he really, really doesn't want to give Anders the satisfaction of being a martyr, as much as he's sure plenty of people here would find equal satisfaction in taking off his head. "We're going to have to announce this to the Inquisition."

What a blast that'll be.