[ it's a good group of people to have, if you're going to end up in some strange city with monsters that want to eat your face. and cullen is especially happy there's a warrior around because it might mean he can borrow a sword from time to time.

let's hope none of them mind having a dog around because cullen is definitely introducing them to his mabari and will attempt to have the dog learn to fight alongside them. ]

He's a unique case. A merchant at the Winter Palace had him. Said he'd been abandoned. [ the smile cullen directs at the dog is both fond and a little lopsided. ] I couldn't just leave him there. The Orlesians had no idea what they were throwing away.