[closed] all my nightmares escape my head

[onlyhymns]

WHO: Cullen, Nerva, Cade
WHAT: THE RECKONING (or at least A reckoning)
WHEN: around when everyone is returning from Emprise
WHERE: Cullen's office
NOTES: it must be nice, it must be nice, to have Rutherford on your side

The journey from Emprise had been quiet and terse, cold in more ways than just physical. Nerva and Cade arrived back at Skyhold in mid-morning, where he was promptly marched to Cullen's office up on the battlements.

He stood before them both now, his boots still damp from the snow, his traveling leathers stifling in the enclosed office. He watched the floor, his eyes red-rimmed from exhaustion and misery, too ashamed to look at the Commander's face. The last time they'd met had been under similar circumstances, except in that case, Cade had already been in the dungeon. He doubted this time would end up much differently.