[Lavellan grins crookedly.]

I don't know. Not many men can say they took an explosion to the face and still look good.

[Uh, moving right along. Honestly, he's not used to humans thinking of vallaslin as as something impressive; he's come to expect distaste at best. They mark him as a "savage" back home.] They're not meant as a boast, anyway--or they shouldn't be. They're a dedication.