Oh, the words felt so good to hear even if they were only meant in friendship. Dorian had very few true friends in Tevinter. Many wanted his friendship only for power. Cullen had nothing to gain and everything to lose by befriending him.

"How... mysterious," he says, his eyebrows jumping up. "I'm intrigued in what you've got hiding away. Any sort of hint? We are alone right now and I doubt we're going to disturbed."

The Seekers were a problem hiding away in the distant future. Dorian still wished they'd come and then go so they could stop worrying so much. "I haven't played a game of chess in... years probably. We have a different game in Tevinter but I learned."