"I'll carry that for you as long as you need."

Cullen settles down again. "The day's going to come where you realize you can. And it'll happen sooner than you think." He traces idle patterns on Alistair's chest. "Think some time about how many times you should have died, and didn't. It can't all be luck, Alistair. At least some of it's skill. And that includes the Fade."

Softer: "And that's what I trust."

(Alistair came back.)