"Things are always easier when what you're fighting is simply a monster," Cullen said, almost sadly. Corypheus was one thing, but he knew one of the contributing factors of the mage rebellion was people on both sides who came to view the other as not human. As evil. Monsters. Even he'd gone far down that road for a time. It didn't do anyone any good - in fact, it made things worse. For everyone.

"What I want doesn't factor into things. What I want is for none of us to have been here in the first place. The fact of the matter is, we are here, and who you are matters less to me than the fact that you are from Thedas. You and Alistair are not alone, because we are going to stick together. The Capitol can do what they like - it won't matter in the slightest."

And that was the Maker's absolute truth. He wasn't going to abandon anyone. His lingering skepticism of her personally had nothing to do with how to survive this place and figure out a way back home.