It was funny, it started to feel like home once there was furniture, and he was watching his family come in and out of rooms. 

"It's getting to be almost cozy," he says to Cia and Ilska.

"Find a few rugs, and wall hangings."

“You’ll be able to practise magic here, freely. Like the Circle wasn’t a threat.”

And so will Ilska.

"Ooh. That'll be good!"

“What’s something you’ve always wanted to learn? Healing doesn’t count, you only started learning that when you met me,” Anders says, laughing. 

"Oh. I don't...hm. I haven't really thought about it..."

“I’ll see if I can track down a book on all the schools of magic, then you can see what appeals.”

"That would be good!"

He likes seeing em excited to learn things, so he wraps em in a hug, resting his chin on eir head. 

Ey grins and hugs him back.

“We could be here for days if we let it.”

"Hugs are really good," Cia agrees unrepentantly.

Ilska snorts, but she's smiling fondly at them.

A thought comes to Anders when he looks over at Ilska. Maybe he should talk to her now, see what she knows about herself...or maybe that can wait. She has to be hungry, with all the moving. 

“Not to sound out of character, but anyone hungry?”

"I could eat," Ilska says with a shrug.

"And we need to make sure you don't waste away," Cia pokes Anders side playfully.

“I don’t think that’s possible, with all of you reminding me constantly,” he says with a wry grin. 

"You'd still try!"

Ilska points at Cia. "Not wrong."

Anders gasps in mock-outrage. "Am I being ganged up on? By my own children?"

"Children's prerogative!"

"How very dare you," Anders declares, and kisses eir forehead. "All right, food. Let's see what we can scrounge up."

Ey giggles, and they can go and do that then.

Later, once food has been had, Anders taps Cia and Ilska. "Come with me? I need to speak to you both privately."

Cia narrows eir eyes at him, but nods and follows.