Cullen is at the cleaning for a long time, even after the other party returns. Aveline crosses to him. They exchange several low words. By the time she leaves his side, she looks grim but not particularly angry.

There comes a time his hands are too tired to hold the metal. He has stripped out of and cleaned much of it. He'll get to the rest after a break. Wringing and rubbing at them, he spots Dorian off away from the others. He rises to join him and sits down heavily, close but not touching.

"I've heard stories of spiders that big." He begins without preamble. "It's my first time seeing one. It's rare for them ever to leave the caves that spawn them. That demon must have drawn it out."