"Huh... the things you miss when you're on your own recruiting," He says. Definitely not nervously, definitely not oh-so-subtly shoving excuses very obviously out in the open even though no one had made any accusations.

"Varric? Not sure I know who- wait... that name is familiar. Is he the one who wrote those Hard in Hightown books?" He smirks slightly, nodding to himself as he takes a drink.