When life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

Cullen found comfort in Aoife’s words. It was true; Lana was not someone who would easily be overtaken. He also had to suppress a chuckle at the thought of burning down the Circle. It was far from ideal, but it was indeed a different time now. A time of learning, growth, and hopefully, reconciliation.

The world has changed, and we must adapt with it. We can't live in the past and expect the future to wait for us, Cullen said thoughtfully, his gaze distant as he pondered these changes and their implications. It’s strange to think there was a time that I blindly followed the Templars and the Chantry, if not for Lana and Anders I’m not sure where I’d be today.

His feelings for both Lana and Anders ran deep, even though he’d never outwardly admitted just what his feelings were for Anders, partly because for so many years it had always just been about his feelings for Lana.