[ Okay, even Anders feels that's a bit excessive. And he certainly isn't one to dismiss an easy ego boost.

But he only rolls his eyes a little as Alistair catches his breath and immediately puts himself in the lead again. (And the look is more for the latter than anything, really.) ]

Oh, plenty. Big darkspawn, small darkspawn, bepantsed, talking darkspawn - I've seen it all, by now. Maybe I haven't spent quite as long as you have chasing them around, but the Commander managed to make just a few months feel like years.

Or maybe that was just living with the constant threat of death and dismemberment? Not that I'm unused to it. I did come from the Circle, after all.