He did. It's a bit of a complicated... Thing. [ That seems the best way to summarise it - not that Cole was a thing, but the story of Cole and Compassion is one that doesn't necessarily make sense, even if you're talking to another spirit. Lavellan knows that, and she makes a conscious effort to show that she does care - that she is interested in what he has to say. She had learned, after all, of the value in spirits, beyond what they might do to a mage. That had been drilled into her by the Keeper, even as wariness had faded into curiosity over time.

His words make her lips twitch just so, all the same. ] You really don't need to tell me that. It wasn't something I'd like to repeat if I can avoid it. [ The discomfort, the uncertainty, the Fear.. No, she's quite happy being on this side of the Veil. ] It's not bothering you too much, is it?