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Low Approval

I Don’t Like What You’re Doing

In the alcove above the tavern Cole: I don’t like what you’re doing. If we don’t help people, I will find another place.

The PC walks into Skyhold to be greeted by Cole.

Cole: You don’t care about people.

Dialogue options:

General: You don’t understand. [1]
General: I don’t understand. [2]
General: Get out of my way. [3]

1 - General: You don’t understand. PC: Cole, the Inquisition has done some things that might look– Cole: No. [4]

2 - General: I don’t understand. PC: What’s that supposed to mean? Cole: What I said. [4]

3 - General: Get out of my way. PC: I don’t have time for this. Cole: I won’t take long. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Cole: You don’t care about people. And I don’t have to stay here.

Dialogue options:

General: Go, with my blessing. [5]
General: Please stay.[6]
General: I’ll put you down. [7]

5 - General: Go, with my blessing. PC: I’m sorry, Cole. I’ll miss you. Cole: No, you won’t. [8]

6 - General: Please stay. PC: Cole, I don’t want you to leave. Cole: You won’t miss me. [8]

7 - General: I’ll put you down. PC: I knew you’d get out of control. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

Cole made more human Cole: I can’t make you forget anymore… but you’ll never see me again. Cole vanishes, and the PC continues into Skyhold. Scene ends.

Personal quest not completed, or Cole made more human. Cole: Forget. The PC enters Skyhold and is greeted by Cullen. Cullen: Is everything all right? PC: Fine. I was just… Fine. Thank you. Scene ends.

Warm Approval

Look For Cole

The PC looks for Cole above the Tavern, but he isn’t there. They find him sitting outside, overlooking the medical tents.

PC: What are you doing?

Cole: Listening.

A woman walks past.

Cole: Eyes rough, jangling armor hurts my ears, back aching, fingers too clumsy for knots.

She tends to an injured soldier.

Cole: Wind cool like Aunt Eloise’s pond. Lips scalded as I sip, warmth blossoms, first kiss in the barn, what was his name?

She speaks to a nearby Chantry sister.

Cole: Tin jangle as the blood spills. Pierre’s wrapped body on the wagon to the chantry. Five more minutes. My fault.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Do you hear everything? [2]
General: Can you help her? [3] +Cole slightly approves
General: What was that? [4]
General: Don’t harm her. [5] +Cole slightly approves

2 - Investigate: Do you hear everything? PC: Can you listen to anyone’s mind like you did hers? Cole: No. They have to need me. Pain, fear, sadness, guilt, anger, hurt. Things I can fix. [back to 1]

3 - General: Can you help her? PC: Can you do something for her? Cole: Yes. [6]

4 - General: What was that? PC: could almost see what had happened to her. Cole: Yes. PC: Is that what it’s like for you? Cole: Yes. [6]

5 - General: Don’t harm her. PC: I don’t want to see her hurt. Cole: She already is. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

Cole appears below, near the woman.

Cole: It’s okay. Nothing you did mattered.

Healer: What? Who are you?

Cole: They lie there, and sometimes they die, just like Pierre. You can’t save them.

Healer: I don’t… I don’t know who you are…

Cole: Wait, that didn’t work. Let me try again. You’ll forget me in a minute.

The PC joins them.

7 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Wait, what? [8]
General: [Wait and watch.] [9]
General: No, don’t do that. [10]

8 - Investigate: Wait, what? PC: What are you going to do? Cole: Make her forget me. Then do it again, the right way. [back to 7]

9 - General: [Wait and watch.] Cole: You can’t save all of them. Healer: What? Cole: Like Pierre getting sick after you snuck out to Aunt Eloise’s pond. You want it to be your fault, so there’s a reason and it’s not so frightening. But there’s no reason. Pierre just got sick. The soldier was never going to live. It wasn’t your fault.

There’s a moment with a bit of magic.

Cole: Better.

She walks away.

Dialogue options:

General: Nice work. [11] +Cole slightly approves
General: They don’t remember you? [12]

11 - General: Nice work. PC: She doesn’t blame herself anymore? Cole: Not as much. It was bouncing around inside her, closing up into a ball of wrong. Now it’s open. She’ll get it out. PC: Well done. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 12 - General: They don’t remember you? PC: So you walk into their lives, make them feel better, and they just forget you? Cole: Yes. It’s better to help and then be gone. If I stay, it can be frightening. PC: For you or for them? Cole: Yes. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 13 - Scene continues. ㅤㅤ ㅤ Cole: Thank you for letting me help her. It’s not how a person would do it… But it helped. That’s what matters. Scene ends.

10 - General: No, don’t do that. PC: Cole, stop. Healer: Inquisitor? Your Worship, what are you doing here? Is this… man… with you? PC: Yes. Sorry to trouble you. Cole: How do I do it right, if I’ve done it wrong and I can’t make her forget?

Dialogue options:

General: Just talk to her, Cole. [14]
General: Apologize, Cole. [15]
General: It’s not your fault, healer. [16]

14 - General: Just talk to her, Cole. PC: Don’t root around inside her head. Treat her like a normal person. Healer: Your Worship, is there… do you need something of me? Cole: You were sad. Healer: Of course I was sad. A man died because I couldn’t save him. Cole: It wasn’t your fault. Cole: You could work until you fell over, and you still wouldn’t save everyone. Healer: Thank you for saying that. Excuse me, Your Worship. [17]

15 - General: Apologize, Cole. PC: You hurt her feelings, Cole. Just tell her you’re sorry. Cole: I’m sorry. You were sad. I wanted to help. Healer: You can’t help… not unless you can bring that soldier back from the dead. Cole: It wasn’t your fault. Cole: You could work until you fell over, and you still wouldn’t save everyone. Healer: Thank you for saying that. Excuse me, Your Worship. [17]

16 - General: It’s not your fault, healer. PC: I hear you’ve had some bad news. Healer: I’m sorry, Your Worship. It was my fault. I was tired, and I thought I could take a few minutes to rest… PC: You can’t save everyone. This wasn’t your fault. Healer: Yes, Your Worship. Thank you. [17]

17 - Scene continues.

She walks away.

Cole: She’s not better.

Dialogue options:

General: This isn’t about her. [18]
General: She will be. [19] +Cole slightly approves

18 - General: This isn’t about her. PC: What’s important is that you tried, and that you didn’t disappear when it didn’t work. Cole: I wanted to. She was hurting. PC: You did everything you could to help… just like she did. It wasn’t your fault. [20]

19 - General: She will be. PC: She needs time to work through it. Cole: If I’d done it right, it would have worked faster. PC: Then you have time to work through it, too. [20]

20 - Scene continues.

Cole: I don’t understand. But thank you for trying to help. Scene ends.

High Approval

Only available after Cole is made more human during personal quest.

PC: How would you like to get out of here, maybe do something fun?

Cole: I don’t know. I’ve never tried.

PC: Come on.

The PC walks up to a restaurant in Val Royeaux

Host: Inquisitor! You honor us with your presence. May I bring a sampling of fine cheeses for you and your guest?

Cole: I don’t eat.

Host: Well, then, just a bottle of a fine Ghislain white to start.

The host walks them to a table.

Host: Please enjoy your meal this evening, Your Worship.

Cole: He saw me. They all see me.

Dialogue options:

General: I’m proud of you. [1] +Cole slightly approves
General: It’s a good step. [2]
General: That should be normal. [3]

1 - General: I’m proud of you. PC: I’m glad you’ve allowed them to. Cole: I don’t know if I did. [4]

2 - General: It’s a good step. PC: Next you’ll be eating and drinking and… everything else. Cole: What else is there? PC: Have you used the privy yet? That should be enlightening. [4]

3 - General: That should be normal. PC: If you only interact with people in pain, it will distort your view of the world. Cole: But that was me before I was me. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Cole: I find people when their pain leaves them open. I ease the pain. I leave. They forget. That was enough for me. Now they remember, and I’m not sure… ah. (Chuckles.)

Inquisitor: Cole?

Cole (PC asked about Cole’s past): I told you about Rhys, the mage who could see me. My friend. Cole(PC did not asked about Cole’s past): There was a mage named Rhys at the Spire. He was one of the few who could see me. He was my friend.

Cole: My only friend, for a long time. Evangeline showed me that templars could be kind, but even she… (Sighs.)

Dialogue options:

General: Is this painful? [5] +Cole slightly approves
General: Are you going to get dark? [6] +Cole slightly approves
General: I don’t understand. [7]

5 - General: Is this painful? PC: Cole, if this is troubling, we don’t have to talk about it. Cole: Gentle. You watch me walk into darkness over and over, and you always worry. Thank you. But this isn’t about them. It’s about… [8]

6 - General: Are you going to get dark? PC: If this is going to be another trip through the wringer, please wait until I’ve finished my wine. Because this… Cole: “This is an excellent Ghislain, and I do not want it ruined.” Quick words hide a gentle heart. You wouldn’t have brought me here if you didn’t care. [8]

7 - General: I don’t understand. PC: Where are you going with this? Cole: I’ll get there. It’s hard. It hurt. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

Cole: When I found out I wasn’t human, when I grew, I lost Rhys. I lost my only friend. That’s why I was scared about letting all these people see me. That’s why I laughed.

Dialogue options:

General: You made yourself laugh? [9]
General: You’re hiding the fear? [10]
General: You’ve lost me. [11]

9 - General: You made yourself laugh? PC: You’re laughing at yourself? Cole: Yes. [12]

10 - General: You’re hiding the fear? PC: You’re covering the fear with laughter? Cole: No. [12]

11 - General: You’ve lost me. PC: I still don’t get it. [12]

12 - Scene continues.

Cole: This world taught me that changing means losing your friends. But now I know that doesn’t have to be true. I have enough self to know that what I felt was foolish. Isn’t it wonderful?

Yes, it is. PC: It’s another good step, Cole. +Cole slightly approves ㅤㅤ ㅤ
It’s a little odd, actually. PC: Most people aren’t quite so happy to learn that they’re wrong about something. ㅤㅤ ㅤ
If you say so. PC: Whatever you say.

Cole: I might like being human. What do you think I’ll learn next?

Scene ends.