"Not bad," Anders answers agreeably enough. He certainly didn't hate it, of course, but there's something absent in the catharsis, still. "Not quite as bracing as a real fight, but I wouldn't say I'm missing the feeling of narrowly escaping a horde of darkspawn with my life."

Burning things is still more satisfying, he'd say. But this has its appeal.

"As long as you enjoyed it, that's what matters."