[ Anders scoffs, shaking his head - although neither the gesture nor the sound have a rude note of dismissal to them. His tone is conversational, friendly, even in disagreement. ]

Why do anything when you have all this power, if not simply because you can? I don't think there's all that much to it. You live long enough to be called the Ancient, you probably get bored a lot, don't you think?

[ He pauses, thoughtful, and waves a hand at that ugly wooden figure. ]

Unless, of course, you just mean this, specifically. In which case, I'd say bad art doesn't really need a reason to exist, does it?