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              “I hope those stories include
my dashing good looks and sharp wit.”
He laughs. Of course they do, since he
is the one who writes and tells them.

              "That’s me. The lovable dwarven
                companion.”

            "I never heard a damned thing about you being lovable.”

He’s teasing, for the most part. But apparently this dwarf is quite the one for embellishment and– well, Balfour has known a fair amount of people who have called themselves lovable when they are anything but. Forgive him for being wary to a degree.

                           "Why’s the lovable dwarven companion not with Hawke, then?“