Anders was a little disappointed by the message, he...really liked Hawke walking him home, their little chats, simply being near his love, holding his hand as they either took the elevator or the train home. It was a high point to his day.

Today it might have been Maker-sent, however. It meant he wasn't left trying to have a conversation with Hawke while constantly thinking about the present he had for him. The thing he should have given him so long ago. It wasn't that he held doubts for the sentiment behind it, not anymore, it was that this place was...it made things more complicated and he wasn't sure the sentiment had a place anymore.

Of course, as he looked at the ring he'd been holding onto since arriving in this city, he realized how silly that was. The ring had existed before Duplicity and it's meaning stood outside of the city.

That's what he held to as he headed home, the chain of the necklace he'd put the ring on back around his neck after it's brief banishment to the back of the closet. Anders made it into the quiet and largely dark house, stopped to pet and feed the cats, and contemplated dinner before deciding a shower sounded better. At least first.

He made his way into the room and closed the door behind him before reaching for the light switch.