"You mean aside from the fact that you were, despite being Qunari and honestly having a bit of a gas problem, the hugest, most rugged man I have ever had the pleasure of walking behind for miles?"

Dorian adjusted himself beside Bull so they could better meet eyes. His own shone in the darkened room.

"I wasn't sure we could do it. Or if we did, I wasn't sure we would all live through it. And I wanted ... before it was all over, I wanted to be with someone. It was never a fling for me. I wanted to be able to say I'd had someone of my own before I died."