It's a simple question as Cullen enters the room fully with a thankful nod to Josephine. "Lady Cassandra has done what she thought was in the best interests of the Inquisition. I would have done no less in her position." And he's glad he wasn't. He's not sure how he would have reacted in her situation.
"If they - those with the shards - can open these rifts, who is to say that they will not do so again? Who is to say they will not rise up against the Inquisition should they decide to? To align themselves with Corypheus?" He thinks in broad worse-case scenarios, but he's trying to think of the bigger picture here. He sees where Josephine is coming from, that Cassandra may have acted a bit harshly when it came to such insubordination on the Rifter's part.
"I understand your concern, Leliana." He pauses, choosing his words carefully. "It looks... bad, for lack of a better word. But we cannot risk the rest of the Inquisition because one person has gotten their feelings hurt. The needs of this Inquisition outweigh one person."
His tone at the end is a bit sharper than he wants to admit, but the fact they are all questioning this is talk of concern. Josephine's mention of Trevelyan does not go unnoticed, and he has to bite his tongue before going on. "She would have wanted us to be reasonable."
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It's a simple question as Cullen enters the room fully with a thankful nod to Josephine. "Lady Cassandra has done what she thought was in the best interests of the Inquisition. I would have done no less in her position." And he's glad he wasn't. He's not sure how he would have reacted in her situation.
"If they - those with the shards - can open these rifts, who is to say that they will not do so again? Who is to say they will not rise up against the Inquisition should they decide to? To align themselves with Corypheus?" He thinks in broad worse-case scenarios, but he's trying to think of the bigger picture here. He sees where Josephine is coming from, that Cassandra may have acted a bit harshly when it came to such insubordination on the Rifter's part.
"I understand your concern, Leliana." He pauses, choosing his words carefully. "It looks... bad, for lack of a better word. But we cannot risk the rest of the Inquisition because one person has gotten their feelings hurt. The needs of this Inquisition outweigh one person."
His tone at the end is a bit sharper than he wants to admit, but the fact they are all questioning this is talk of concern. Josephine's mention of Trevelyan does not go unnoticed, and he has to bite his tongue before going on. "She would have wanted us to be reasonable."