“You’re the mage,” Alistair called in surprise, stopped in front of a gentleman with only barely familiar hair and even less familiar eyes. But he reeled even as the words fell from his lips, shame inflaming his cheeks and nose scrunching with his indiscretion. “The one who used to be a Grey Warden, I mean. Er, one of them,” he corrected quickly, hopefully before he could scare off the other man. Alistair’s mouth often tended to run a few sentences ahead of his brain, especially on matters that could give offense.
Still, he took an insistent step forward. “I’d heard rumors that you might have joined the Inquisition. Even after leaving the Wardens, it seems like we can’t seem to avoid trouble. We met, once. In Amaranthine.”