His cheeks color once again despite himself, though he manages a sheepish smile. "You're quite the charmer," he answers, voice warm.

"I should at least like to give the illusion of playing by their rules, incompetent as I may be at their Game at present. But I have my task and I mean to see it through, regardless of politesse." Solas had told him early on that posturing is necessary, and Lasulahn does believe it. Still, there are politics he will not bow to, regardless of how it might make him look to the Orlesians. The Inquisition is not theirs, and his task is not for their benefit alone.