[ She shakes her head, giving him a small smile that, perhaps, betrays a bit of humor. ]

It isn't flattery if it's true.

[ And is the most polite thing she can say without going into details neither of them are in any position to discuss it further. Instead, she turns to grip his hands tightly, dropping them from his face so they can hang between them. She says nothing for some time, allowing him to talk. In the end, she only squeezes his hands tightly in an effort to comfort him, to show him he isn't alone. But even she has to sigh. ]

You aren't the only one who's felt...led astray.

[ Not simply the Chantry but the Wardens. She held her fellow soldiers in high esteem, but the things Clarel had done, even misguided, had been wrong. The things she has seen in reports and in letters from the First Warden have been far from acceptable. But those things, too, are for another time. ]

But you're here now. You're leading the largest army Thedas has known in recent history against a monster. You're saving the world.

[ And she hopes he realizes the full extent of what that means for him and for everyone around them. ]