[ He fidgets nervously, since he's still getting used to being seen so much as this. It was frightening in the Spire, always running, always hiding, but there were so many places to hide. Even when he left, running after the Templars until he met the Inquisitor and helped her, he could always hide. People didn't have to see him.

...But being with the Inquistion means that people needed to see him sometimes. He had taken things that Varric and others had said to heart, so he let himself be seen more, but it was still something that made him anxious, especially around people he didn't know. A mage that wasn't a mage was especially worrying, but he didn't feel threatened. Actually, with how she talks about it, he feels a little more secure, like when he talks to Solas. ]

I'm me. [ Welcome to Cole, who gives very unsatisfying answers. ] I thought I was a ghost, but I learned that I wasn't. So I'm just "Cole."

[ Then, curiously, ] It is quieter here. Usually no one listens at all, though. They can't.