"You know, neither can I. And I'm usually pretty good with words. That's going to bother me all day."

"You and me both. And I can guarantee there's not a dictionary on board."

"Damn. Just when I was hoping for some light reading."

"Oh. We can do light reading. Deke reads trashy romance novels."

"Ha! I haven't read one of those since my Circle days. I'm very curious to see what passes as smut in this world."

"I'm sure he'll be delighted to lend them to you. Once he stops blushing about the fact he owns them."

"Ah, they are a secret shame then!" Anders laughs.

"Big strong man reading trashy romance novels? Most people squint at that."

"He could have far worse hobbies. Friend of Hawke's liked smashing wine bottles on walls."

"We try to avoid smashed bottles. We get water on the floors a lot, and glass is finnicky to clean up. And Rex and Mako have a bad habit of padding around bare foot."

"No leaving sharp things on the floor, got it."

"Sharp visible things are fine. Sharp invisible things? No go."

"Gotcha, I'll add that to the list of Things Not To Do Aboard The Shard."

"-How long's your list?"

"So far it's don't lie to Circe, don't hurt Mako, don't freak out the Shard and now don't leave sharp invisible things lying around."

"-Good list. Covers...pretty much everything I can think of to be honest. We're not a complicated bunch."

"You've all been very upfront with what you expect. It's been good to know where to step."

"Not being upfront and then claiming injury because of an action someone couldn't possibly predicted would cause harm is a dick move. We try to avoid those."

"Well, there are harder rules to follow than 'don't be a dick'."

"Circe will still be a bitch, that's a fact of life. But she's never cruel."

"You know, I got that impression very quickly. She has never struck me as someone cruel."

"I'm glad. Sometimes people miss that. Frequently. They get pretty caught up on the bitch thing and can't reconcile it to anything other than cruel."

"Those people have never had the joy of being on a bitch's good side."

Tana laughs. "You are not wrong."

"Standing at Hawke's side while she whittled away someone's ego to shreds was always highly entertaining."