His dislike takes Lavellan by surprise, and she tries her best to explain it. "You don't look like you are," she points out, with a small shrug. "Whether you're capable of functioning independently or not, the first response isn't to look at you and think 'fully functional', but 'this child needs guidance and protection'." Can they really be blamed for doing so? Or think that he's much too young to be fighting at first glance.

Which makes her wonder. "If age does not matter, why were you created in the image of a child?"