Varric and Isabela had gone back up the hill with a coil of rope to find the shaft where Fenris had left the backpack; when they came back with Anders' backpack, they both eyed Fenris with new respect.
"That hole had to be at least thirty feet by my reckoning," Varric was exclaiming.
"No, I make it thirty-five by the rope I paid out," Isabela disagreed.
"The elf's taller than me," dismissed Varric.
"Not by a whole five feet he isn't!" protested the Rivaini.
"Be silent or you'll wake the mage," growled Fenris from across the fire. Anders was curled up in his blanket, sleeping the rest of the utterly exhausted. Fenris sat by one side of hi