"That is an idea." Bran might be the better one for drumming up such funds and guilting the nobility into dipping into their pockets, if only Cullen can come up with a reason that would suit the irascible seneschal. He'll think of something.

He laughs and shakes his head. "Oh, how could they possibly turn you down with that attitude? Denerim is... No. I'd hate to spoil the surprise." He can't help but to wonder how he'll take it when he arrives. Cullen is Fereldan and would still be hard put to describe the capitol to someone unused to the landscape and their culture.

"A baboon? Really?" A few of the years drop away in an instant. He has heard of exotic animals in Tevinter and even seen a few with a traveling menagerie. Never one of those. "How did it give insult?"