[Cedric is right, of course; if not his unit, someone else's. It does sting, knowing how much he still believed when it happened. If it did. But it's an old hurt; this isn't the first time he's had the thought, though it may be the first time he's articulated it.]

I think it's a sign of which way the wind is blowing, [quiet, off Cedric's last observation.] It could still change, though whether in direction or intensity remains to be seen. Either way, we've been fighting Corypheus a long time. Someone, at least, is starting to think it's past time to establish a new normal, I imagine.

[Corypheus will win or he will lose, eventually. But the longer Southern Thedas does without a functional Circle system, the more people potentially become accustomed to its absence. It's a political problem as much or more than a military one.]